Russian forces continue to make costly but consistent gains in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. They are steadily grinding down a pocket of resistance around the town of Kurakhove in the southern Donbas region and are also fighting to envelop the larger city of Pokrovsk to the north, Ukrainian soldiers and officials said.

Ukrainian forces have launched a major new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, a region that Ukraine captured parts of over the summer but has, in the past couple of months, struggled to hold amid pressure from Russian and North Korean forces.

Ukrainian forces have launched a major new attack in Russia's western Kursk region, Russian military bloggers reported on Sunday. Ukrainian troops broke across the border in a surprise incursion on Aug.

Ukrainian troops attacked Russian forces in several directions in Kursk Oblast, Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s counter-disinformation center, claimed on Jan. 5. Reports by Russian pro-war Telegram channels have echoed the statement,

The Ukrainian military has initiated a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region as Moscow's forces advance further into eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian ministry confirmed efforts are underway to destroy the attacking groups.

Ruissia has said Ukraine has launched a "counterattack" in the western border of Kursk - a region that has become a key battleground for the two ides in the war. In August, Kyiv's forces began a huge shock ground offensive that rocked Russian troops.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new