Moscow has launched more than 80 missiles at Ukraine since Wednesday’s intelligence-sharing pause — after relying almost solely on artillery and drone strikes for at least a week prior — and
Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region are under increasing military pressure and may have to abandon the territory, say analysts interviewed by RFE/RL. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had planned to trade the Kursk area for Ukrainian territory currently held by Russia.
Kremlin forces are racing to drive back and cut off Ukraine’s troops in Russia’s Kursk region in a bid to undermine a bargaining chip in possible peace talks after the US suspended new military aid to Kyiv.
Ukraine's top general, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has assured that Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region are not at risk of encirclement, despite a Russian counteroffensive reinforced by North Korean troops.
Russian forces claimed to have captured territory in Ukraine's Sumy region for the first time since 2022. The Kremlin said it has also retaken multiple settlements in the Kursk region. The advance is threatening Ukraine's sole territorial bargaining chip,