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- Ukraine's surprise attack on Russia's Kursk region appears to have surprised its Western allies.
- Intel agencies and NATO didn't know details of the attack until it was underway, Bloomberg reported
- Ukraine claims control of 74 settlements in its weeklong advance, sparking a hasty Russian response.
Ukraine's Western allies did not know the details of its push into the Russian region of Kursk until it was in full swing, an unnamed Western intelligence official told Bloomberg.
It is now more than a week since Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack on the Russian border region.