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A strike by the Ukrainian Air Force on Monday caused "significant damage" to a Russian command post in Russia's Kursk Oblast, according to Kyiv's military.
Why It Matters
On August 6, Kyiv began a military operation into Kursk, which appeared to take Russian President Vladimir Putin and even Ukraine's allies by surprise. Kyiv later announced it had seized 500 square miles at what was then the lightly-defended border of the Russian region.
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Ukraine has maintained positions in Kursk, but Russia has taken back control of approximately half of the area captured by Kyiv's military, according to reports.
Meanwhile, recent Ukrainian air strikes carried out on Russian territory have highlighted vulnerabilities in the Russian military's air defenses.
What To Know
On Tuesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update posted on Facebook that its forces had conducted a high-precision strike on a Russian command post near Novoivanovka, a village in the Kursk Oblast.
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The General Staff said the command post was located in an abandoned building and that a Russian army unit used it to coordinate its military offensive operations in the Kursk region.
"As a result of the operation, the facility sustained significant damage, leading to substantial casualties among enemy personnel," the General Staff update said, noting that measures were taken to limit the risk to civilians.
Newsweek reached out to the Russian Ministry of Defense via online form on Tuesday for comment.
The strike near Novoivanovka follows another offensive operation carried out by Ukraine's military that targeted a different command post in Kursk only days earlier.
On Friday, Ukraine's forces conducted a strike that reportedly hit a command post in the Kursk city of Rylsk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Associated Press on Sunday that the strike on the post in Rylsk killed dozens of Russian and North Korean officers.
"There was a strong operation by our military—they hit their central command post in the Kursk direction. And they lost key officers of Russia and North Korea," Zelensky said.
What People Are Saying
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook on Tuesday: "Our goal is to destroy all key command posts and other military infrastructure of the enemy until the complete stop of Russian aggression."
What Happens Next
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank has reported that despite offensive operations in Kursk, Russia's military has not made any recent confirmed advances in the region. However, fighting will almost certainly continue in Kursk.
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