With all bridges in the area reportedly destroyed, Russian troops may be forced to leave the territory, leaving the land in control of Ukraine.
A map shows the swathes of the Kursk region that Ukraine may gain control over now that three bridges used to prop up Russian military logistics are believed to have been destroyed.Kyiv struck a third bridge across the River Seym in Kursk, Kremlin-backed and independent Russian sources said on Monday, after Ukraine's air force on Sunday said it had already destroyed two bridges.
Glushkovo was evacuated last Wednesday, after Ukrainian soldiers were filmed removing Russian flags from buildings.The acting governor of Kursk, Alexey Smirnov, said at the time that 121,000 people had left Kursk Oblast and that authorities would evacuate a total of 180,000 people from the region.Ukraine has previously said it does not plan to keep the territory it gains in Kursk but rather hopes to prop up the war effort on the front lines by cutting off Russian logistics.
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