Ukraine's invasion of Russia would be going even better if the West ended its weapons restrictions, war experts say

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Two Storm Shadow missiles just after they were dropped from a jet over brown fields.
Ukrainian air-force footage showing the launch of a Storm Shadow missile.

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Russia is going to have a tough time trying to take Kursk back from Ukraine, says CIA deputy director

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Ukrainian soldiers preparing a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells.
"I think our expectation is that that will be a difficult fight for the Russians," CIA deputy director David Cohen said on Wednesday.

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Videos of Russian soldiers appearing to surrender en masse suggest inexperience and desperation, experts say

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A still from a video shows Russian solders firing a large self-propelled gun, causing a large explosion.
Russian soldiers fire a Giatsint-S self-propelled gun toward Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region of Russia.

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Russia is barely using one of its best weapons against Ukrainian forces in Kursk because it's scared to hit itself, war expert says

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Image of a FAB-500 bomb taken from a Russian Su-34 bomber.
A Russian Su-34 bombers with a FAB-500 bomb.

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Russia is putting up a stiffer fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers, says Ukrainian commander

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A Ukrainian soldier behind a tree after hearing the sound of a drone in the town center of Sudzha, Russia, on August 16, 2024.
A Ukrainian soldier behind a tree after hearing the sound of a drone in the town center of Sudzha, Russia, on August 16, 2024.

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The Kremlin is trying to convince Russians to accept Ukraine's Kursk incursion as a 'new normal': report

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A security guard held their weapon in front of a center for the reception of war-displaced people and humanitarian aid distribution in Kursk on August 16, 2024.
Outside a center for the reception of war-displaced people and humanitarian aid distribution in Kursk on August 16, 2024.

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See inside the NYC-sized area of Russia that Ukraine seized in its lightning offensive

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A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha is damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.
A statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Russian town of Sudzha was damaged by fighting as a tattered Russian flag billows in the background.

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Ukraine is rationing shells on the front with ammo redirected for the assault on Kursk, commander says

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Ukrainian soldiers of a mortar unit fired a mortar in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on August 18, 2024.
Ukrainian mortar unit firing in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on August 18, 2024.

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An elite Russian commander told Moscow's troops that they would 'go to heaven' if they died in Kursk

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Local volunteers walk past a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk.
Local volunteers walk past a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk.

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Zelenskyy said Ukraine told no one about the Kursk invasion because its allies would have called it 'unrealistic'

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking during an interview with French media in Rivne.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country did not inform their allies about the planned incursion on Kursk because it would have seemed "unrealistic" to them.

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