Russia is retaking Kursk from Ukraine - here’s how

Russia’s troops have recaptured 29 settlements in Kursk in the past week and took control of the village of Novenke in Ukraine’s adjacent Sumy region, Moscow has said.

Russia launched a sharp push to drive Ukrainian forces out of Kursk last week, where Kyiv took control of about 100 settlements in a surprise invasion of Russia last August.

Ukraine had been hoping to hold onto the Russian territory it seized last August as a potential bargaining chip that could be traded away in any negotiations with Moscow.

Roland Oliphant, The Telegraph’s Senior Foreign Correspondent, analyses the videos that show how Russian troops have advanced to retake control of much of the region.

Sources inside the Ukrainian government said they believed Russia’s breakthrough in Kursk is a direct consequence of the US pausing intelligence sharing.

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