#KURSK OFFENSIVE

According to Russia, Ukrainians attacked near the village of Berdin, east of the Ukrainian-occupied town of Sudzha, on the morning of January 5. Photo: X

Ukraine launches several assaults in multiple directions in Russia’s Kursk region

Ukrainian forces have launched several assaults against Russian positions in Russia’s western Kursk region, both Kyiv and Moscow sources have reported on Sunday.

A Ukrainian military man sits behind an MR-2 Viktor anti-aircraft system on September 11, 2024 in Sudzha, Kursk Region, Russia. The fighting in the Kursk Region began on August 6, 2024, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border near the city of Sudzha and began to advance deep into Russian territory, and in a few days took control of dozens of settlements in Kursk Region. (Photo by Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Russian counteroffensive in Kursk halted but not failed, says Ukraine

Ukraine says that Russian attempts to reclaim Ukrainian-held territory in the Kursk region have been stopped.

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U.S. must clearly let Putin know it wants him defeated in Ukraine, says former military attaché

Ukrainian soldiers in Sudzha, Kurske Region, Russia, August 18, 2024. Photo: Ed Ram/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Putin’s handling of Ukraine’s Kursk offensive reveals his true face, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s Kursk offensive into Russia’s Kursk Region is going according to plan and reveals Putin’s true face to the world and his own people, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said on Saturday.

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Kursk offensive advances taking ‘many prisoners’

Ukraine’s military chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had made progress ranging from one to three kilometers in some areas of the Kursk region, 11 days after the start of their incursion into Russia.

Clockwise, from left: Ukrainian soldier standing in front of a road sign inside Kursk region, the bottom shows the direction to Sudzha; Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photos: donbas_operativnyi Telegram channel; Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images; Maksym Polishchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Kursk offensive is a legitimate military operation, not a landgrab, Kyiv officials say

Ukraine has no intention of annexing land from Russia but it has the right, under international law, to attack military targets inside Russian territory in order to protect its civilian population, two Kyiv officials said on Tuesday.