Russia has taken two villages in the western Kursk region, a senior commander said, as Russian forces advance against thousands of Ukrainian forces who smashed through the Russian border last month.

Russian paratroopers have successfully ambushed Ukrainian forces in the Kursk Region, resulting in the elimination of both personnel and military har

This operation has shown the world that this isn’t last year’s Ukrainian Armed Forces. Unintimidated by Russia, able to plan and execute large-scale offensive operations, and capable of tremendous operational security,

Russia's counter-offensive to retake Ukrainian-held territory in the Kursk region has been "stopped", a spokesman from Ukraine's military administration there told AFP Wednesday, after Moscow said it was beginning to repel the surprise incursion.

Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into an alleged Russian execution of a Ukrainian soldier found dead with a sword inscribed with “for Kursk” in his body, in an apparent act of revenge for Kyiv’s recent incursion into the Russian border region.