The Daily Populous Monday September 23rd, 2024 evening edition
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Russian border being breached. Photo: Screenshot from video by Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Command

Ukrainian troops from the 95th Separate Air Assault Polissia Brigade have broken through another section of the Russian border.

Source: Communications Office for the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Command

Quote: "Units from the 95th Separate Air Assault Polissia Brigade of Ukraine's Air Assault Forces have broken through one of the sections of the Russian border.

This is the second successful operation to penetrate the Russian border since the beginning of the operation in Kursk Oblast of the Russian Federation."

Details: Ukrainian forces have posted a video showing the breaching of engineering barriers, with airborne assault units advancing into Russian territory and initial clashes in the border area, where Ukrainian tanks engage a Russian strong point.

The military has not revealed the exact location of their breakthrough of the border with Russia.

The Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast began on 6 August 2024. On 10 August, the fifth day of the Ukrainian army's advance deeper into Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that Ukraine had pushed the war onto Russian territory.

On 27 August, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that since the beginning of the operation in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine had captured 594 Russian soldiers and controlled more than 100 settlements or 1,294 sq. km of territory.

As known from open sources, the core of the Kursk operation consisted of two brigades of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces – the legendary Lviv 80th Brigade and the newly formed Chernivtsi 82nd Brigade. In the second week of the operation, part of the 95th Air Assault Brigade joined them.

Read more: Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi's raid: how the Ukrainian offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast is progressing and what to expect next

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HipHobbes on September 23rd, 2024 at 09:27 UTC »

It's a trap. The Russians want to lure the Ukrainians all the way to Moscow and then burn the city.

DM-me-memes-pls on September 23rd, 2024 at 08:55 UTC »

How significant is this? And what could they be attempting to do?

HartInCMajor on September 23rd, 2024 at 08:24 UTC »

Keep in mind that the goal of these operations is disruption, not invasion. The only goal of Ukraine is to reinstate its sovereign borders.