MOSCOW: Moscow said Thursday (Feb 6) that Ukraine's army had launched a fresh offensive in the Russian Kursk border region, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed Kyiv troops fighting on Russian soil.

Russian forces have suffered approximately 39,900 casualties in the Kursk Oblast, including 16,100 killed, according to Ukrainian officials.

Days after Ukrainian troops seized part of Russia’s Kursk region in a surprise attack, President Vladimir Putin told defense officials their “main objective” was to repel the invasion. Six months later,

The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Kyiv's operation in the Kursk region has been ongoing for half a year. Russia has lost nearly 40,000 soldiers there during this time. Over 16,000 have been killed,

Russian milbloggers report that Ukrainian troops launched a surprise offensive in Kursk with 500 personnel and 50 armored vehicles, damaging gas pipelines and shaking Russian control.

For six months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have maintained a buffer zone in the Kursk region. Despite superior numbers, Russian forces have been unable to

Last year, the Ukrainian military said its forces had captured more than 700 Russian troops during operations in the Kursk region

The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Kyiv's operation in the Kursk region has been ongoing for six months. Russia has lost nearly 40,000 soldiers there during this period. Over 16,000 have been killed,

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces repelled a Ukrainian assault on two villages in the partially occupied Kursk region in southwestern Russia. The battlefield report follows claims by pro-war military bloggers that Ukrainian troops launched an early morning offensive on the villages of Ulanok and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye,