Russia, Ukraine and Kursk

Opinion
The strategic logic of Ukraine’s further push into Russia’s Kursk region
Ukraine aimed to challenge the self-imposed red lines set by the Biden administration and other Western leaders regarding its ability to strike back against Russia.
Ahead of Trump’s return to office, Ukraine and Russia battle for Kursk
Ukraine’s continued focus on Kursk shows how important Kyiv believes it is to hold on to Russian land, especially if Trump pushes both sides to the negotiating table.
Kursk Maps Show Ukraine's Shock New Incursions Into Russia
Ukraine's fresh offensive in Kursk comes nearly six months after Kyiv first sent troops into the western Russian region.
Russia Says It Retook 63.2% of Territory Captured by Ukraine in Its Kursk Region
Russian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday. Reuters could not independently verify the ministry's statement,
Ukraine Says Moscow Struck IDP Shelter In Russia's Kursk
Kyiv said on Friday that Russian attack drones had struck a school that shelters displaced Russians in Ukrainian-held territory in Russia's western Kursk region.
Ukraine updates: Russia says it retook 63% of captured Kursk
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had retaken 63.2% of Ukrainian-held territory in the Kursk region of western Russia. Meanwhile, Germany's top diplomat has criticised the Berlin row over aid.
Ukraine Machine-Gunners 'Could Not Handle Pace of Killing' in Kursk—Report
Both Russia and Ukraine suffer heavy casualties in the battles in Kursk, with questions about their abilities to sustain the ...
Kyiv Independent on MSN4d
Ukraine’s new Kursk push brings minor gains, raising concerns over limited resources
Since the new push in Russia’s Kursk Oblast in early January, Ukraine has made small gains and managed to capture the first ...
CNN13d
Russia ‘getting what it deserves,’ Ukraine says, after launching counterattack in border region
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 ...
Russia Launches Double Airstrike on Nursing Home in Kursk—Ukraine
Russian forces allegedly targeted a nursing home facility in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of the Kursk region.
Ukraine is bringing war 'back to Russia,' Zelenskyy says after new Kursk offensive
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that some 38,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded fighting in Russia's ...
Zelenskyy said Ukraine captured 2 wounded North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk region. Here's what we know.
In a statement posted on X, Zelenskyy said he had instructed Ukraine's security service to allow journalists access to the ...
The New York Times5d
Battles Rage Inside Russia, With Waves of Tanks, Drones and North Koreans
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 ...
Kyiv Independent on MSN5d
Ukraine's special forces claim to repel North Korean assault in Russia's Kursk Oblast, killing 17 soldiers
A Ukrainian mopping-up group encountered one surviving North Korean fighter who had set an unsuccessful trap. The soldier ...
Ukraine attacks Russia’s Kursk from multiple directions in surprise assault
The surprise attack seeks to reverse Ukraine’s decreasing hold of the region. Since Kyiv’s forces gained partial control of ...
To Cross Rivers In Kursk, Russia Reinvented World War II ‘Funny’ Tanks
What’s old is new again as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year. During World War II, some armies—the ...