Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

So does the city of #Sudzha.
Russia justifies its invasion by reclaiming “historic” territories.

But the past of Kyiv's seized areas in #Russia, like Sudzha — a former Ukrainian city — shows the absurdity of such claims.

In #Ukraine’s largest incursion into #Russia since Russia invaded Ukraine >2yrs ago, fighting continued on Thurs in the #Kursk region where Ukrainian troops were reportedly occupying several border villages & part of the town of #Sudzha. The bold cross-border op, now in its 3rd day, stunned #Moscow & raised questions about whether Kyiv’s troops had violated Western restrictions on the use of donated weapons & fighting vehicles.

#StandWithUkraine #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/08/ukraine-kursk-russia-occupied-war/