This was stated to journalists on September 20 at a briefing in Moscow by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, answering the relevant question. He promised that this situation will be corrected in a timely manner.

The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia's forces would restore control of its Kursk region "in a timely manner", declining to say how soon this could be achieved. Ukraine on Aug. 6 launched the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two,

Russia has taken two villages in the western Kursk region, a senior commander said, as Russian forces advance against thousands of Ukrainian forces who smashed through the Russian border last month. Ukraine on Aug.

The number of Russian troops pulled over to Kursk Oblast, announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky in early September, was higher — 60,000.

Russia's counteroffensive to retake Ukrainian-held territory in the Kursk region has been "stopped", a spokesman from Ukraine's military administration there told AFP on Wednesday, after Moscow said i

Russia’s military had anticipated a possible Ukrainian incursion into the southwestern Kursk region for months, according to documents seen by The Guardian. Ukrainian troops crossed into the Kursk region on Aug.

Documents seized by Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast and shared with The Guardian highlight disarray among Russian troops, revealing months of defensive preparations and concerns over soldier morale.