Ukraine held an estimated 514 square miles of Russian territory at its high point on Aug. 24, 2024, but as of March 12, Russian forces had retaken slightly more than 70%.

Amid the U.S. push for a ceasefire, Russia claims it has surrounded Ukrainian forces and recaptured territory in the Kursk region.

Russian forces claim to have pulled off an audacious operation, using a subterranean pipeline to sneak past Ukrainian defenses. The reported operation coincided with a full-on Kremlin effort to push Kyiv’s forces out of Russia’s Kursk region,

KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Ukrainian troops in Kursk to lay down their arms, as fierce fighting continues in the region despite ongoing efforts to negotiate a

President Vladimir Putin called for beleaguered Ukrainian troops in the Russian region of Kursk to "surrender" as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian leader of seeking to sabotage a ceasefire initiative.