Ukrainian troops have maintained a foothold within Russia’s western Kursk border region since launching a surprise attack there in August.
The Russian military said its forces have retaken the last settlement that Ukrainian forces held in the Kursk region, after eight and a half months of fighting.
“Today, the last settlement on the territory of the Kursk Region, the village of Gornal, has been liberated from Ukrainian troops,” Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov announced on Saturday in a statement carried by Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.
Ukrainian forces first entered Russia’s Kursk border region on Aug. 6, 2024, in a surprise offensive meant to counteract the ongoing Russian offensive inside eastern Ukraine.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense issued a separate statement claiming that Saturday’s military operations culminated in the complete rout of all Ukrainian military units within the Kursk border region.
The Ukrainian military’s General Staff pushed back on the Russian claims, insisting that their soldiers continue to fight within Russia’s borders.
“Sixteen fighting clashes took place today on the Kursk direction, two of…
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