Ukrainian paratroopers showed footage of the first hours after the offensive’s start in Russia’s Kursk region. The operation was launched on 6 August, according to the Command of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “The first hours of the Ukrainian Defense Forces offensive in the Kursk region of Russia on 6 August 2024. A day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Careful preparation, planning, surprise, morale, and information silence were decisive at the initial stage of the operation,” the paratroopers say. The command of the Air Assault Forces of …