On 6 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. [45] [46] [47] According to Russia, at least 1,000 troops crossed the border on the first day, supported by tanks and armored vehicles. [48]

11 hours ago · Ukraine's military reportedly launched a new offensive in Russia's Kursk region, according to multiple Russian military bloggers on Thursday. Kyiv officials have not yet confirmed a new major ...

9 hours ago · Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Six Month Assessment . By Angelica Evans. February 6, 2025. Executive Summary: A small group of Ukrainian troops in Kursk Oblast have complicated the Russian military's efforts to advance in Ukraine over the last six months.Roughly a division's worth of Ukrainian troops have undermined the Russian military's ability to launch or renew …

4 days ago · KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike.. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Saturday night that four people were killed and a …

12 hours ago · Ukraine's foothold in Kursk has shrunk significantly since the immediate aftermath of the Aug. 6 incursion but provides it with a useful bargaining chip in potential peace talks. Russia controls ...

5 days ago · About 1,000 North Koreans killed fighting Ukraine in Kursk, officials say. War in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia. Ukraine. Related. Ukrainian refugees can apply for visa extension. 10 hrs ago.

Jan 5, 2025 · The Kursk offensive – the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II – took Russia and Ukraine’s allies by surprise when it was launched.

Dec 28, 2024 · KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all.

Aug 16, 2024 · Russia’s regions of Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod share a 1,160-kilometer (720-mile) border with Ukraine. That includes a 245-kilometer (152-mile) section in the Kursk region. This frontier had only symbolic protection before Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. It’s been reinforced since then with checkpoints on key roads and field fortifications ...

Sep 14, 2024 · Soldiers and military analysts say that Ukraine is largely holding onto land it seized in the Kursk region, even as Moscow has begun a counterattack. Digging through the wreckage of a home...