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  • Ukrainian forces say they’ve blown up a second strategically-significant bridge in the Kursk region of Russia as Kyiv continues its incursion. 
  • Moscow has yet to mount a robust response to the ambitious cross-border operation.
  • As many as 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers are taking part in the incursion into Russian territory that began almost two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. Kyiv claims it has taken control of 82 settlements in the region over an area of 1,150 square kilometers (444 square miles) since the border raid began.
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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Russia has the 2nd strongest army in ~~the world~~ Russia

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

3rd. Wagner group is the second at this point.

[–] TheMandalorian@sffa.community 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It's interesting how Ukraine labels it an 'invasion' when Russia makes progress and dismantles their key infrastructure, but when Ukraine's on the offensive, it's just 'liberation' or 'special operations, lol! Seems like the definitions shift depending on who's pushing forward.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 11 points 4 weeks ago

I'm not seeing this being called "liberation" or "special operation" in this article. It's only referred as "incursion".

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair one side is a democracy with minimal oppression in times of peace and the other is a full on facist dictatorship.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Was the 3 day special military operation just projection?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

Apparently, the Donbas is more russian than Kursk.

Genius monkey putin.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So has Ukraine literally flipped the war now?

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No, the territory occupied by Ukraine is small compared to the territory occupied by Russia.

But it also shows how thin Russia is spread. It's basically an embarrassment to them.

[–] TheMandalorian@sffa.community 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, literally. Russia looks like fallout now

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As I can tell, they try to keep media focus on their own offensive and don't want to sacrifice it. Let's see how far it'd go. I feel like ignoring the problem does hurt the trust of people in bordering regions.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yessss kick their ass Ukraine!