Russian forces have launched a huge offensive to reclaim Ukrainian-occupied territory in the western Kursk region, retaking around two thirds of the territory seized by Kyiv last summer.
Troops from Moscow and North Korea have driven Ukrainian troops out of Kursk by encircling soldiers and bombarding them with aerial and artillery fire, according to Russia.
“In all directions of the Kursk section of the front, all units have launched a large-scale offensive,” Major General Apti Alaudinov, the commander of a Chechan unit fighting for Russia, said on Telegram. “The enemy is abandoning its positions.”
Ukraine‘s military did not immediately comment.
