Ukraine’s retreat from Kursk appears to mark end of seven-month incursion into Russia
by Shaun Walker in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#6VY3G)
Losing the territory strips Ukraine of one of its few solid bargaining chips in possible peace negotiations
Under constant attack from drones attached to fibre optic cables, the soldiers scrambled in groups of two or three along hidden tracks or through fields, often walking miles on foot to get back into Ukrainian territory.
The Ukrainian retreat from the Kursk region, carried out in stages over the past two weeks, appears to mark the end of one of the most audacious and surprising operations of the conflict, and strips Ukraine of one of its few solid bargaining chips in possible peace negotiations with Russia.
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