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August 19, 2024

Belarus Threatens Kyiv over Border Troops as Ukraine Pushes Further into Russia's Kursk
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As Ukrainian forces expand their incursion inside Russia, Moscow says
Kyiv has struck a third bridge in the Kursk region. Russia also said its
troops had captured a group of at least 19 Ukrainian soldiers in the
region. Meanwhile, Belarusian president and staunch Putin ally Alexander
Lukashenko has threatened Ukraine with military action as he accused
Kyiv of deploying 120,000 troops along Ukraine's border with Belarus.


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