Moscow accused of bombing own gas infrastructure to undermine ceasefire deal Key gas pumping station in border region rocked by major explosion The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
Mapped: Where is key Russian gas pumping station hit by huge explosion The station in Sudzha – in the border Kursk region – has been a critical hub for Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
Watch moment Russia ‘bombs’ own crucial gas pipe near Kursk This is the moment Russia allegedly bombed its own crucial gas pipeline in Sudzha, located in the Russian border region of Kursk. The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
'I'm Alive': Russian Kursk Evacuees Reunite With Families Russian pensioner Olga Shkuratova trembled, clutching a scrap of paper bearing a handwritten phone number for her son. International Business Times · Mar 18, 2025
Ukraine loses Sudzha, the biggest town it had occupied in Russia's Kursk region Ukraine's General Staff has confirmed that it has withdrawn from the town of Sudzha,days after Russia said it had re-captured it. Euronews · Mar 16, 2025
Russia and Ukraine exchanged intense aerial strikes overnight into Saturday Moscow released a video on Saturday showing the damaged town of Sudzha, in Russia's Kursk region, and claimed it was retaken by Russian forces on 13 March. Euronews · Mar 15, 2025
Zelensky Denies Troops Surrounded In Kursk As Russia Retakes Villages Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky denied Saturday his troops were encircled in Russia's Kursk region, where Moscow has regained swathes of land this week, as Russia said it took back two more villages in the border region. International Business Times · Mar 15, 2025
Russia says it has recaptured Sudzha in the Kursk region from Ukraine More than 200 people were evacuated from Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region as Moscow carries out an intense aerial campaign to reclaim the area from Ukraine. Euronews · Mar 15, 2025
Ukraine’s retreat from Kursk appears to mark end of audacious operation Some say incursion achieved many goals while others wonder if it cost Ukrainian lives for no tangible gain The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025
Ukraine loses a ceasefire bargaining chip as its troops retreat from Russian land As momentum builds for a ceasefire with Russia, Ukraine has lost a valuable bargaining chip The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
Putin Gets Big Battlefield As Russia Seems To Dismiss U.S. Ceasefire Proposal Russian forces took the town of Sudzha, the largest settlement captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region during its counter-offensive Latin Times · Mar 13, 2025
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv officials to meet Trump aides in Saudi Arabia Volodymyr Zelenskyy says ‘realistic proposals on the table’ in talks; Donald Trump hints US may be close to lifting intelligence pause. What we know on day 1,111 The Guardian - AU · Mar 10, 2025
Russian forces recapture villages in Ukrainian-held pocket inside Russia Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia while Ukrainian delegation will meet with Marco Rubio and Trump aides The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
Russia Claims Counter-offensive Into Ukraine's Sumy Region Russia on Sunday announced a cross-border offensive had captured territory in Ukraine's Sumy region for the first time since 2022 as Kyiv struggles to hold onto territory in Russia's neighbouring Kursk region. International Business Times · Mar 9, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025 Russian forces ‘crept through gas pipeline’ to ambush Ukrainian troops A pro-Kremlin blogger says special forces spent several days in the pipe before striking Ukrainian units from the rear near the town of Sudzha
The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025 Russia and Ukraine trade blame over deadly attack on boarding school Moscow sent 55 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday
Al Jazeera · Jan 6, 2025 Russians in Kursk region ‘shaken’ as Ukraine launches new offensive Fighting intensifies months after Zelenskyy hinted that holding territory in Kursk could embolden his plans for victory.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024 ‘They will just die uselessly’: Ukrainians ready for North Korean troops joining Russia’s war Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are largely unconcerned by threat from reinforcements
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024 Revealed: Russia anticipated Kursk incursion months in advance, seized papers show Exclusive: Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024 ‘The boomerang is returning’: life in Russia’s town with Ukrainian roots where Kyiv is now in charge Humorists are using the plight of this small corner of Kursk region to make a point about Russian hypocrisy – but the invasion is no joke for either side
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024 ‘It was all a blur’: Ukraine’s troops on their audacious incursion into Russia Soldiers say they had no warning of what they were undertaking before the morale-boosting attack began
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2024 Behind enemy lines with Ukraine’s troops in Russia On the main road to Russia, the combat vehicles – some of them British – trundle forward. In the Russian town of Sudzha, Ukrainian troops dig in and prepare for a counterattack. Askold Krushelnycky reports from Kursk
Top News · Aug 16, 2024 Ukrainian Forces Advance Into Russian Territory, Capturing Strategic Town Ukrainian forces cross into Russia, seize Sudzha, face resistance, evacuate civilians, capture troops. Uncertain outcome of Kursk operation in ongoing conf...
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024 Ukrainian forces left a path of destruction on their march to the Russian town of Sudzha A trail of destruction lies in the path that Ukrainian forces carved on their risky incursion into Russia
Latin Times · Aug 16, 2024 Ukraine, Russia Both Claim Advances In Kursk Region Ukraine said it now controlled dozens of settlements and Sudzha, a town eight kilometres (five miles) from the border.