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Russia war map shows Ukraine carve out new incursion into Kursk

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) X account Intelschizo posted on Sunday that over the last week, Moscow had gained eight square miles toward Snagost and toward Glushkovo, Russia had lost 73 square miles.

But the pro-Ukrainian X account (((Tendar))) which provides updates on the war noted how Russian Telegram channels said that Kyiv's forces had taken the village of Veseloe, based on video footage and wrote that there was little evidence to back up claims that Russia had made gains in Kursk.

"It brings Ukrainian forces in close range with Glushkovo and threatens to split this pocket south of the Seym river to be split in two," the X post said.

"Even worse for Russians, it is an assault into Russia's rear of their ongoing counteroffensive, whose results are murky at best."
Meanwhile, the U.S. has assessed that Russia would need up to 20 brigades—50,000 troops—to expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk, but Defense Department spokesman Major Gen. Pat Ryder said Thursday that Moscow's actions in the region so far were "marginal."