For seven months, Ukrainian troops held on to parts of the region, including the town of Sudzha. For thousands of locals, the long stalemate led to a humanitarian catastrophe and a personal tragedy.

Russian forces have retaken the small town of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk border region from Ukrainian troops, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday. There has not yet been confirmation ...

Yaroslav, a serviceman in the Ukrainian Special Forces sabotage and reconnaissance group that identifies as Ua Reg Team, said his unit headed toward the city of Kursk, northeast of Sudzha.

The New York Times published a report from the part of Russia’s Kursk region that was occupied by Ukrainian forces from ...

Russian Defense MinistryUkraine's retreat from the Kursk city of Sudzha, recently confirmed by Kyiv, has deepened the public divide on the incursion's benefits.In a rehabilitation centre in Kyiv ...

A Ukrainian drone attack on a public beach in Kursk, western Russia, killed three people and injured seven others, regional ...

Losing control of the land in Kursk would deprive Kyiv of key leverage in U.S.-brokered efforts to negotiate an end to the more than 3-year-old war by exchanging its gains for some of Russia ...

A drone view shows troops waving flags on a water tower in the centre of Sudzha in Russia's western Kursk region on March 12, 2025. Social Media/via Reuters.

Russia is attempting to cut Ukraine's crucial supply road into Kursk, which is already under fire, meaning several thousand Ukrainian troops inside Russia are now at growing risk of encirclement.

MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. More than 560 people have been evacuated from the Sudzha district in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region since March 12, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.

KURSK, June 5. /TASS/. Many men in the Sudzha district of the Kursk Region sacrificed their lives trying to protect their loved ones during the occupation by Ukrainian forces.

By February, Russia reclaimed about two-thirds of the captured territory, leaving Ukraine with an area around Sudzha, a border town that was Ukraine’s main hub in the region.