Russians battle to secure Kursk as Ukrainians take refuge in monastery
Moscow's troops were waging fierce battles on Thursday in Russia's western Kursk region against Ukrainian forces, including hundreds holed up in a monastery, in an effort to rout them from Kyiv's last major foothold in sovereign Russian territory, war bloggers said.
Ukrainian troops stormed През границата в Русия предишния август и иззе съвсем 1400 квадратни км (540 квадратни мили) Курск при нахлуване, което изненада Москва. Kyiv said it aimed to hold onto a slice of the region to use as a bargaining chip in future negotiations to end the war.
Russia responded by sending in heavy reinforcements, including North Korean soldiers, and within weeks the area under Ukraine's control had shrunk dramatically.
The latest battlefield maps from Deep State, a Ukrainian open-source data project, show that Kyiv holds just Тесен плъзгач на Курск.
Руското министерство на защитата и проруските войни блогъри оповестяват за тежки борби в Горнал, Гево и Олешня, прилежащи села, к...
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