Since a surprise Ukrainian offensive last August displaced thousands of people in Russia’s Kursk region and left an unknown number under military occupation, refugees and missing persons’ relatives have lobbied the Russian state to do more to identify those unaccounted for.

Russia has intensified attacks on the town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast and its neighbouring villages. Source: Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, press officer of the temporary military commandant's office on the territory of the Russian Federation,

Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way.

Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia's western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substantial forces.

Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia.

Ukraine launched a new offensive in Russia's Kursk region Sunday, Moscow and Kyiv said. Ukrainian forces had captured about 500 square miles of the western Russian province in a surprise incursion in August, but Russian and North Korean troops are believed to have retaken 40-50% of that area.

Ukraine launched a surprise new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region on Sunday, aiming to strike back after months under pressure ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Ukraine's fresh offensive in Kursk comes nearly six months after Kyiv first sent troops into the western Russian region.

Kyiv Post reported that late December footage showed DPRK troops in the Kursk region being attacked by Ukrainian drones. The soldiers tried to down them before fleeing in panic across open fields.

SUN Russia launched an assault on Suji from the east of the city. This is reported by the telegram channel "Resident" with reference to sources in the General Staff of Ukraine.

A 16-year-old wearing a balaclava and armed with a hammer entered School No. 54 in Kursk, Russia, according to Alexander Khinshtein, the acting governor of the region. Khinshtein stated that the security guard on duty at the entrance “was unable to stop him for some reason.