Ukrainians left path of ruin on their march into Russia
Forces blasted their way across border, into town of Sudzha
By Associated Press
Published: August 16, 2024, 4:43pm
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A Ukrainian army armored personnel carrier drives past a gas metering station of the Russian energy giant Gazprom in Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk region, on Friday. (Associated Press)
SUDZHA, Russia — A trail of destruction lies in the path that Ukrainian forces carved on their risky incursion into Russia, blasting through the border and eventually into the town of Sudzha, where Associated Press journalists traveled Friday on a Ukrainian government-organized trip.
Artillery fire has blown chunks out of a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that stands in a central square of the Russian town, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday was fully under his troops’ control.
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