On 6 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 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. [39] [40] [41] According to Russia, at least 1,000 troops crossed the border on the first day, supported by tanks and armored vehicles. [42]

1 day ago · Kursk is an area of western Russia that borders the Sumy region of Ukraine. Sumy had long been thought to be a place where Russia might try opening a new front in its full-scale invasion of ...

1 day ago · LONDON -- Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a command center in Kursk on Wednesday, ordering troops there to "destroy" all Ukrainian formations remaining in the contested border region ...

1 day ago · Parts of the Kursk region have been under Ukrainian control since August, when Ukraine’s military mounted a surprise cross-border offensive and quickly captured approximately 500 square miles of ...

5 days ago · Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the Russian advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war.

1 day ago · The effort became clearer on Friday, March 7, when Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian border areas in Sumy for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, in ...

2 days ago · Putin, Dressed in Fatigues, Visits Kursk to Cheer Efforts to Oust Ukraine’s Troops. The trip comes as President Trump looks to secure the Russian leader’s support for a 30-day cease-fire.

Aug 14, 2024 · For more than a week, Ukrainian troops have pushed into the Kursk region of Russia, just north of their border, in the most extensive incursion by Kyiv’s forces in the 2½-year-old war.

Aug 16, 2024 · Ukraine’s latest airstrike in the Belgorod region has prompted evacuations in the Russian territory. It follows Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region last week.

2 days ago · Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion into Kursk last August, in what amounted to the first invasion of Russia since World War II, caught Russian President Vladimir Putin and his generals unprepared. It also changed the conflict narrative for Ukraine, which until then had been steadily, if slowly, losing territory to the Russians. ...