Ukraine has confirmed its withdrawal from the biggest town it held in Kursk, as Russia battles the last of Kyiv’s troops out of the key region. On Thursday, Russia announced it had recaptured the town of Sudzha in Kursk, seven months after Ukrainian forces seized the area in its August 2024 incursion.

Russia battled on Sunday to drive the last Ukrainian soldiers from western Russia, Russian officials said, after a seven-month incursion by Ukraine that aimed to distract Moscow's forces, gain a bargaining chip and rile President Vladimir Putin.

Russia says it retakes villages near Sudzha, evacuates 300 residents Zelenskiy warns of potential Russian attack on Sumy region Ukraine stabilizes situation near Pokrovsk March 15 (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops are still fending off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia's Kursk region but face a potential new attack on Ukraine's northeast Sumy region,