### [2024-08-12](/feed/2024/08/12/index.md)

##### Russian invasion of Ukraine
# Ukrainian colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi announces that Ukrainian forces now control over 1000 km2 0 of Russia's Kursk region. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-incursion-kursk-afa42b9613323901bef07800ac2cae9e)

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