Ukraine’s seven-month incursion into Russia’s Kursk region made history as the first foreign military occupation of Russian soil since World War II. What began as a bold raid evolved into a prolonged and costly effort to hold territory under relentless Russian and North Korean attacks.

The reported suicide of Russia’s transport minister hours after he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin and amid speculation he would be arrested on corruption charges, has shocked the country’s elite.

Russia’s Federal Security Service has opened a criminal case against two journalists who reported from Sudzha in August 2024 while the town was under Ukrainian occupation. Pyotr Ivanov and Ruslan Terekhov,

Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has emphasised the restoration of positions and regaining the territories in Russia's Kursk and Belgorod oblasts in order to restrain the Russians on the border with Ukraine.

A Ukrainian drone attack on a beach in Kursk, Russia, resulted in three deaths and seven injuries. The attack, in an area familiar with families, claimed the life of a Russian serviceman. Further incidents include a hospital hit near the Ukraine border,