Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows it's learned not to tease its big offensives before going in for the kill

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A Ukrainian T-64 crew pose in their armored vehicle for a photo.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Kyiv's troops were fighting in Russia, days after reports emerged that Ukraine was breaking Russian lines in Kursk.

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Ukraine needs to stop fighting the war Russia wants

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A Ukrainian military tank fires during military training as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on May 28, 2024.
Ukraine is increasingly fighting an attritional conflict against Russia, which can build more tanks and field more troops.

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Russia 'knew where we were going to attack,' Zelenskyy says in reflection on why Ukraine's big counteroffensive stumbled

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Ukrainian soldiers from the 80th Air Assault Brigade training green tactics, clearing trenches using armored personnel carriers, recoilless guns, and grenade launchers in the training area in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 18, 2023.
Ukraine's counteroffensive is still in its early stages, and morale is high despite limited territorial gains.

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Ukraine is preparing multiple battle plans for 2024 after last year's leaked straight to Putin, Zelenskyy says

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seated in a dark green sweater, holds a microphone at a press conference on February 25, 2024.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference on February 25, 2024.

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Ukraine's top general wanted a bold counteroffensive a year earlier that the US thought was too risky. It might have reshaped the war.

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The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of Ukraine fire in the Bakhmut District, Donetsk Region on September 16, 2023.

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Ukrainian soldier says counteroffensive mission at a key river crossing meant he was 'tossed like a piece of meat to the wolves' for almost no gain

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A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of a small boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river, almost silhouetted against the mist with another soldier behind him, at the frontline near Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river near Kherson, Ukraine, 15 October 2023.

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How Ukraine's counteroffensive went sideways

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Smoke covers servicemen of the 128th Separate Brigade of Territorial Defence Forces who practice storming enemy positions during a tactical drill in the Zaporizhzhia direction, southeastern Ukraine.
Smoke covers servicemen who practice storming enemy positions during a tactical drill in the Zaporizhzhia direction on August 16, 2023, southeastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine looks to be gambling on a hard fight across a key river to kick-start its struggling counteroffensive

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Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade prepare to fire a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions, in an undisclosed location in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade prepare to fire a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions, in an undisclosed location in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023, amid

Video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine and running out of control before sinking into water

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Russian tank on fire falling into body of water.
A Russian tank catches fire and sinks in water after hitting a mine in Novoprokopivka.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has a 'comprehensive plan' to liberate Bakhmut and 2 other key cities

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2023.

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