Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much Russian territory in the last week as Russia has land in Ukraine this year

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Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much Russian territory in the last week as Russia has land in Ukraine this year
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  • Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region last Tuesday.
  • They have captured around 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land so far, Kyiv's top general said.
  • That figure is almost as much territory as Russia has seized in Ukraine this year.
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Is this a real thing? I only hear news about it on a couple niche youtube channels that I am not sure aren't propaganda. Searching "Ukraine" on Lemmy for the last week yields a very small number of results. I haven't heard word one about it from my mainstream sources. What the fuck? Is there an embargo on this or something??

That's not the impression I've been getting. This has been covered extensively from places ranging from BBC and Telegraph to PBS, and numerous reddit subs. I haven't seen this much activity centered on Ukraine in a while.

I've seen Preston Stewart covering it on his various platforms, although he hasn't given the sort of breakdown op is asking for

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