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What Ukraine stands to gain or lose from capturing Russian land in Kursk

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Two weeks ago, Ukraine's troops launched a surprise incursion into Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that Ukraine has captured more territory and Russian soldiers in Russia's Kursk region, while Moscow said it foiled a Ukrainian attempt to seize land in the neighboring region of Bryansk. Nick Schifrin speaks with Hudson Institute senior fellow Can Kasapoğlu for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Ukraine's president today visited near the site where two weeks ago his troops

0:05.6

launched a surprise incursion into Russia.

0:08.3

Volodemirselenski said Ukraine captured more territory and Russian soldiers in Russia's

0:14.6

Kursk region. Moscow said it foiled a Ukrainian attempt to seize land in the

0:19.5

neighboring region of Bryansk. And meanwhile, Ukraine is continuing its efforts to bring the war into Russia using long-range drones. Nick Chiffon has more.

0:32.0

In southwest Russia today, a ferry carrying fuel for occupied Crimea went up in smoke.

0:37.8

As did a Russian airfield 170 miles east of Ukraine's border.

0:43.1

Never before has Ukraine had so much long-range capacity

0:46.4

to bring the war into Russia,

0:49.1

which is what it continues to do on the ground in Kursk.

0:52.5

Ukrainian soldiers post videos attacking and trying to encircle Russian reinforcements.

0:58.1

They launch cluster munitions on bridges and make shift crossings that Russians would need to use to redeploy.

1:04.0

Ukrainians are also digging in to try and hold territory that Kyiv calls a buffer zone.

1:10.0

The Russians in Kursk also appear ready for a long fight.

1:14.0

State TV showed new bomb shelters in the regional capital.

1:18.0

Ukraine controls about 450 square miles of Russian territory.

1:22.0

Russia said today it blocked two new Ukrainian incursions to the west.

1:26.4

But Keave hopes holding this territory can reduce attacks inside Ukraine and give Ukraine

1:32.0

leverage in future peace talks.

1:34.0

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said today after his first visit here since the

1:38.8

incursion.

1:39.8

To drive the occupier from our land, we must create as many problems for the Russian state as possible on its own territory.

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