KYIV - When Ms Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region.

KYIV (Reuters) - When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region.

KYIV (Reuters) - When Mariia Pankova last exchanged messages with her close friend Pavlo in December, she had no idea that he was among the Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia's Kursk region.

Ukrainian troops controlled approximately 350 sq km of Kursk Oblast at the time, rather than 100 sq km as they do currently. The distance they had to travel from point A to point B was about 15-20 km.

Ukrainian soldiers have lost ground in Russia’s Kursk region, but they are not surrounded and at the mercy of Moscow despite claims by both Vladimir Putin and President Trump, according to US ...

Reporter President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that Ukrainian soldiers are “encircled” in the Russian region of Kursk, despite being told by the CIA and other intelligence agencies that ...

The fog of uncertainty that hung over the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region is gradually disappearing and dissipating. It is already clearly visible through it that the vast ...

Rustem Umerov denied the claims spread by Russian propaganda of the alleged encirclement of a large number of Ukrainian troops in Kursk region. “Our Defense Forces continue to conduct defensive ...

Moscow claims that recent advances from its forces have left Ukrainian troops with less 200 square km (77 square miles) in Kursk, down from 1,300 square km (500 square miles) at the peak of the ...

So, what’s happening in Kursk, and why does it matter? Watch this NDTV World explainer to find out more. Ukrainian forces have been holding a piece of Russian territory for over seven months now.

A rapid Russian advance in recent days left remaining Ukrainian forces increasingly isolated under withering assaults, and they had pulled out from all but a sliver of Kursk province by the weekend.