Ukraine has controlled swaths of Russia’s Kursk region since a surprise cross-border incursion in August and — despite having lost around half its initial gains — still maintains a foothold ...
because Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the region. It said it was aiming to create a “buffer zone” to prevent future cross-border attacks. The Kursk offensive ...
Still, Russia has taken back 46% of what Ukraine once held in Kursk, the US-based Institute for the Study of War said in an update earlier this month, citing visual evidence. A harder fight for ...