Russian military chief says Ukrainian troops are almost fully ejected from Kursk

99.5% of the territory they occupied last August has been cleared, claims the chief of the Russian General Staff

Russian military chief says Ukrainian troops are almost fully ejected from Kursk

Moscow's troops have driven out Ukrainian forces from nearly all of Russia's western Kursk region, Russia's military chief Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Chief of Staff of the Russian Army, General Valeri Gerasimov, said this Sunday that the Russian region of Kursk, the scene last year of a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces, is released to 99.5%."Gerasimov held a meeting this Saturday with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to whom he has informed that 1,260 square kilometers previously invaded by Ukraine are now again in the hands of Russia, according to statements collected by th…

ActualidadRT, Latin American Summary, April 19, 2025. The six groups of troops participating in the special military operation are carrying out an offensive in 11 directions. The Russian Army has expelled the fighters of the Kiev regime from most of the province of Kursk, informed Vladimir Putin this Saturday [...] Entry Russia. Moscow: Less than 1% of the province of Kursk remains to be released was first published in Latin American Summary.

Russian forces have driven Ukrainian troops from almost the entire Kursk region, Russian military chief Valery Gerasimov said on Monday. “Most of the area where the invasion took place has now been cleared,” Gerasimov told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a televised meeting. “It’s 1,260 square kilometers, 99.5 percent,” he added. Russia has been trying to push Ukrainian forces out of Kursk since last August, after their surprise invasion emb…