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Russia launched a cross-border offensive from its Belgorod region into Ukraine's Kharkiv region in early May, quickly gaining a smattering of settlements along two chunks of the border.

The nearby Russian city of Belgorod, for instance, has increasingly come under Ukrainian attack in recent months. Before the Kharkiv offensive ... Threats Project (map data from May 29, 2024 ...

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Further north the Russian military sought to press home its attacks in the Kharkiv region ... strikes on the Russian border provinces of Belgorod and Kursk, and the city of Donetsk, which Russia ...

On the map, we’ve marked the entire part of the Kharkiv region occupied by Russian forces as territory ... On the map, we’ve indicated the areas of Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions currently under ...

The border between Belgorod and Kharkiv was largely notional. Map: The Economist In 2014 that changed. That is when Russian forces first invaded Donbas and tried to incite strife in Kharkiv.

Zelenskyy said it was to protect Ukrainian territory, especially the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, which share a border with Belgorod.

In May, Russia launched a surprise attack on Kharkiv, which neighbours Russia’s Belgorod region, in a bid to push Ukrainian forces back and establish what Russian President Vladimir Putin called ...