Hodges noted it is “remarkable” that Ukrainian forces have held the Kursk bridgehead since August 2024 and managed to build new military capabilities and launch another offensive without Russian commanders detecting it.

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.

Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk region in August last year, seizing a large chunk of territory. In recent months, Russian forces have made big gains in th

Russian forces continue to make costly but consistent gains in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. They are steadily grinding down a pocket of resistance around the town of Kurakhove and are also fighting to envelop the larger nearby city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian soldiers and officials said.

UKRAINE has stunned Vladimir Putin’s forces with a counter offensive in the Kursk region while Russia suffers “significant” troop losses – including North Korean soldiers.

Ukrainian forces have launched a major new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, a region that Ukraine captured parts of over the summer but has in the past few months struggled to hold amid

Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging factories in at least three cities, officials and media said. The Shot Telegram channel said that Russia had downed more than 200 Ukrainian drones and five U.

Russia claims it is repelling a new Ukrainian offensive launched in Kursk, releasing drone footage which the Kremlin claims shows them destroying Ukrainian tanks and de-mining machines.