Russian troops are “wiping” the Ukrainian-captured town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast “off the face of the earth”, Oleksandr Pavliuk, commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces, said on Aug. 31. Russia is regularly shelling Sudzha and attacking it with guided aerial bombs and kamikaze drones, according to Pavliuk. As Kyiv’s incursion into Kursk Oblast enters its fourth week, Ukraine reportedly controls over 1,290 square kilometers (500 square miles) and 100 settlements, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Aug. 27. The Kyiv Independent could not verify these claims. “(Russian forces) ar…