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Today in Focus

Is Ukraine’s incursion into Russia a gamble that could pay off?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It is the first time Russia has been invaded by a foreign army since the second world war. Dan Sabbagh reports on the surprise attack. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

Today, Ukrainian forces are advancing into Russia.

0:13.7

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0:52.0

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0:53.3

In the past two and a half years of fighting,

1:01.7

Ukrainians have had to get used to the near

1:04.9

constant sound of missiles falling, of being evacuated from their homes, and in some cases losing everything.

1:17.0

Two people have been killed in a Russian air attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

1:22.0

Across the border in Russia, most... attack on Ukraine's capital cave.

1:27.2

Across the border in Russia, most people's daily lives have been less affected.

1:36.3

There have been small cross-border incursions, of course, by groups backed by Ukraine but the army itself has never made it through until now.

1:41.2

The Russian Ministry of Defense showed off its troops, artillery and tanks scrambling to defend their own territory after Ukraine's shock assault into Russia.

1:51.0

This time it's the regular Ukrainian army crossing a lightly

1:55.6

defended part of the border from Simioblast in a quiet corner of the front where

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