Ukraine captures town of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region as it says advance continues

[orangecrush]

Source: CNN


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have taken control of the Russian town of Sudzha, over a week after his forces launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

Kyiv’s forces have been in the town, located 105km southwest of the city of Kursk, since last Wednesday, but this is the first confirmation from the Ukrainian president that his army had captured it.
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Sudzha is located next to a Russian gas terminal, a key point for supplying gas from Russia, via Ukraine, to Europe. This has prompted speculation that one of Kyiv’s goals could be to curtail a lucrative source of funding for Moscow.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/europe/kursk-incursion-sudzha-captured-ukraine-intl/index.html

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Putin is losing face and the war.

[2naSalit]

1. I heard, also...

That control or disabling the gas flow was mostly going to affect Hungary and one or two other of pootin's buddies who still buy it from him. It's a two fer.

But they will soon, if not already, have command of the nearby nuclear power plant and that will be a big bargaining chip some speculate.

[tornado34jh]

2. I mean, considering Russia controls the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant

If Ukraine gets control of the Kursk NPP, then it's really a case of "Okay Putin, you took control of the Zaporizhia NPP in Ukraine, now we got yours in Kursk, what's it going to be?" But again, unlike Russia, I don't think they will sabotage it.

[orangecrush]

3. Applies

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. The little Poot should leave Ukraine before further embarassment on the world stage.

[womanofthehills]

5. What is very worrisome is there will be revenge