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Kursk Krunch: 70 Attacks and a Call for Real Pressure
Zelenskyy thanks the world — but warns words alone won’t stop these border brawls
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Picture this: you’re scrolling through your feed on a Sunday afternoon when a fresh alert pops up — Ukraine’s not just staring across the Donbas anymore.
President Zelenskyy’s just dropped word that his troops are locking horns with Russian forces inside Russia, in the Kursk and Belgorod regions.
By midday, Ukrainian defenders had already punched back nearly 70 separate attacks — not a gentle nudge but full-bore probes aimed at toppling trench lines.
The noisiest clashes?
Think Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, Lyman… and yep, good old Kursk, a place most of us only know from World War II history books.
Rather than hunker down and hope, Kyiv’s opted for what they call “active defense” — shifting reserves, counter-battery barrages, and quick‐reaction squads that pop up wherever the Russian hammer tries to strike.
