In Moscow, the Ministry of Defence said the Ukrainian offensive on Sunday had been repelled but there were reports of fierce fighting still going on. Ukrainian soldiers seized a swathe of Kursk in a surprise attack last summer. Vladimir Putin’s army has ...

But Ukraine's offensive in Kursk has not deterred Moscow's troops from grinding ever further west. Russia's defence ministry claimed earlier this week that its forces had captured the town of ...

Russia's defence ministry said its forces were beating back the Ukrainian forces but some reports from Russian military bloggers suggested the Russian side had come under heavy pressure.

Russian units said they have eliminated more than 290 Ukrainian fighters in the border areas of the Kursk region within the past 24 hours. Russian Defence

Russia said Sunday that Ukraine had launched a "counterattack" in the western border region of Kursk, where Kyiv's forces began a shock ground offensive last August.- Airports shut - Both Russia and Ukraine have exchanged regular attacks since the year began.

The surprise attack seeks to reverse Ukraine’s decreasing hold of the region. Since Kyiv’s forces gained partial control of Kursk following a daring cross-border assault last August, Russian troops, aided by North Korean soldiers, have halved the territory held by Ukraine, albeit while suffering thousands of casualties.

It comes as Ukraine's president says only the US can provide security guarantees leading to an end to the war.

But Ukraine's offensive in Kursk has not deterred Moscow's troops from grinding ever further west. Russia's defence ministry claimed this morning its forces had captured the town of Kurakhove ...

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US-based think tank that maps the frontline, said Ukraine had made advances into the southern outskirts of Berdin. It is to the northeast of the city of Sudzha, the most significant area held by Ukraine since the start of the first assault five months ago.

The strike was made against reconnoitered targets by air bombs with gliding and correction modules," the ministry informed

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