Russian Army Presses On in Ukraine Despite Kursk Incursion
- No plan to switch significant forces from Ukraine, person said
- Ukraine’s Zelenskiy meets with his top general near border
Ukrainian soldiers walk through Sudzha, Russia, on Aug. 18.
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Russia is pressing ahead with an offensive in eastern Ukraine even as it struggles to repel a cross-border incursion into its territory by Kyiv’s army.
Russian military commanders have decided not to redeploy significant forces from the front lines in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region to help dislodge the Ukrainian assault in the Kursk region, said a person close to the Kremlin with knowledge of the discussions.