Zelenskiy says troops not surrounded in Kursk, Russia says it retakes two villages

The retreat from the front was described as a horror film by Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Kursk in mid-March. BBC correspondents questioned soldiers who had gone through a variety of ways of escaping and the constant threat to life posed by Russian drones. Ukrainian soldiers who spoke to British public service radio and TV were given pseudonyms to protect their identities.

Russian drones bombard Kursk highway

Telegram videos from an account linked to the Russian military show drone attacks on the R200 highway.

With barefoot feet not to put mud in the armored. This is how the gunmen of the 26th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire their shells at enemy troops trying to advance on the front of Chasiv Yar, the strategic city of the eastern province of Donetsk that has been under Russian siege for months. Military analysts and senior commanders of the Ukrainian army have warned that the Russian offensive has stalled in recent weeks in this region d…

'Completely false': Trump fact-checked after latest 'Kremlin talking point'

President Donald Trump's repeated assertion that Ukrainian soldiers are in grave danger as they're "surrounded by Russian forces" was quickly smacked down on social media by a reporter in Kyiv.Speaking from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Trump told reporters he plans t...

Ukraine’s troops facing ‘huge swarms’ of Russian drones in Kursk retreat

Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a senior officer in Kyiv’s army about the pain being felt by troops as they withdraw from inside Russia

According to his own statement, the Ukrainian military continues to hold positions in the West Russian region of Kursk. Reports of thousands of encircled soldiers are "not correct," said Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umjerov. Retreating to "beneficial defense positions," he admitted. Ukrainian forces would remain in the Russian territory until agreement was reached on a ceasefire. That serves to prevent the advance of the war opponent on Ukr…