The plot to topple Putin

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A group of people stand between two stone columns.
Ever since the invasion of Ukraine, a loose and sometimes fractious cohort of Russian exiles — many of them based in Warsaw — has come to believe that Russia can be liberated only through violence and sabotage.

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Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia can't attack and defend at the same time, former US ambassador says

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Soldiers in a military truck as a column of the Russian Armed Forces move to build up forces conducting active combat operations in Russia's Kursk region on August 10, 2024.
Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia has 'limited capabilities,' Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO, said.

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Ukrainian air force video shows a Soviet-era fighter jet striking Russian bridges in Kursk with American-made glide bombs

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A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 equipped with American-made glide bombs.
A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 equipped with American-made glide bombs.

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Ukraine may be trying to attack a new area of Russia to show allies it can regain the initiative — but it could backfire, experts say

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Ukrainian forces during military operations in Kursk region, Ukraine, on August 20, 2024.
Ukraine may have attacked a Russian region next to Kursk (pictured) to show its allies it can regain the initiative, experts say.

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The battle of Kursk has unchained Ukraine from a failing war strategy

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Ukraine's assault into the Kursk region of Russia opens a new chapter in the grinding, two-year war.
Ukraine's assault into the Kursk region of Russia opens a new chapter in the grinding, two-year war.

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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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Russia keeps trying to replace the bridges that Ukraine destroys. Ukraine is taking out those, too.

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A screenshot from drone video shared by Ukrainian special operations forces on August 21, 2024. It appears to show engineering equipment attempting to lay down a pontoon bridge platform on the Seym River, in Kursk, Western Russia, amid Ukraine's incursion into the region.
Footage shared by Ukraine's Special Operations Forces appeared to show pontoon bridges being targeted.

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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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Ukrainian military says its forces have captured more territory in Russia in two weeks than Putin's troops have seized in Ukraine this year

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Ukrainian servicemen ride a military vehicle near the Russian border in Ukraine's Sumy region on August 10.
Ukrainian servicemen ride a military vehicle near the Russian border in Ukraine's Sumy region on August 10.

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