Of 16 Russian attacks on Saturday, 15 failed without any ground changing hands. Russian air assault forces attacked the Ukrainian garrison in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast on or just before Saturday,
Kursk, Russia and Ukraine
Since the new push in Russia’s Kursk Oblast in early January, Ukraine has made small gains and managed to capture the first North Korean prisoners of war in the area but experts have raised concerns about Kyiv’s use of limited resources while fierce battles rage elsewhere.
Both Russia and Ukraine suffer heavy casualties in the battles in Kursk, with questions about their abilities to sustain the war.
Russian forces allegedly targeted a nursing home facility in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of the Kursk region.
The fighting, in the Kursk region of Russia ... without clarifying the terms — Ukraine hopes to use Russian territory as a bargaining chip. Russia, relying on North Korean reinforcements ...
Ukraine has launched a counterattack in the southern Russian border region of Kursk, warning that Russia is “getting what it deserves.” Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian Center for ...
The surprise attack seeks to reverse Ukraine’s decreasing hold of the region. Since Kyiv’s forces gained partial control of Kursk following a daring cross-border assault last August, Russian troops, aided by North Korean soldiers, have halved the territory held by Ukraine, albeit while suffering thousands of casualties.
In the five months since Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk region, fighting in the area has intensified, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides as they grapple over the territory.
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Ukraine continues to cripple Russia's energy sector by hitting numerous oil refineries, depots, chemical plants, and more with drones.
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever