Russia says it has retaken Kursk’s biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin’s ceasefire response

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Russian forces make major advances in Kursk amid ceasefire talks

Russian troops are on the verge of recapturing all territory seized by Ukraine in an offensive in Kursk last summer, imparting an air of crisis to calls by US President Donald Trump for a 30-day ceasefire in the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Hwa-seop = It has been assessed that the Ukrainian military has recently been pushed out of most of the Kursk region in northwestern Russia that it had occupied by surprise in August of last year...

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What to Know About Russia’s Drive to Push Ukraine’s Troops Out of Kursk

Russian troops appear close to driving Ukraine from all the territory it seized in the Kursk region of Russia last year, a battlefield success that would deny President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine a significant bargaining chip in any negotiations. The Russian push in Kursk appeared to accelerate after President Trump froze military aid and intelligence support to Ukraine on March 3. The flow of aid resumed this week as Ukraine agreed to a Trum…

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Sudzha 'Has Been Destroyed' As Russia Reclaims Kursk Town

As Russia concentrates troops and firepower on retaking the areas of the Kursk region still occupied by Ukraine, its troops say they have captured the town of Sudzha, but it's mostly a pile of ruins, say analysts. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk region, encouraging his forces to move rapidly to completely regain control of the area seized by Ukraine last summer.

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Ukraine loses a ceasefire bargaining chip as its troops retreat from Russian land

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As momentum builds for a ceasefire with Russia, Ukraine has all but lost a valuable bargaining chip.

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He would support Trump's 30-day ceasefire proposal in principle, but according to the Russian president, it is not clear in practice how it would be implemented, he has doubts about Ukraine and does not want to stop the Kursk battles, he said at a joint press conference with the Belarusian president.