Despite massive losses, Russian troops in Ukraine continue to advance while maintaining up the pace of combat. Source: Gert Kaju, Head of Defence Readiness Department of the Estonian Ministry of Defence,

On August 6, Kyiv began the military operation into Kursk, which appeared to take Russian President Vladimir Putin and even Ukraine's allies by surprise. Kyiv later announced it had seized 500 square miles at what was then the lightly-defended border of the Russian region.

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Ukraine's SOF said in a statement on Tuesday that troops from its 8th Regiment cleared Russian positions and inflicted significant losses during the operation in an unspecified part of the Kursk region.

As part of this effort, Russia has intensified assaults near Pokrovsk, deploying small groups in an attempt to encircle Ukrainian troops, Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces, said on Jan. 27.

Ukrainian forces may need to refocus their attention from the Kursk oblast, where they have taken Russian territory, to the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, where continued Russian advances threaten key supply routes,

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

The declining importance of Pokrovsk as the main logistical hub of Ukrainian forces in the Donbas means that this role is increasingly being taken over by Kostiantynivka, from where supplies are directed to the groupings in the Chasiv Yar and Toretsk areas (Pokrovsk has become a de facto independent defence region).

Russia has now lost more than 834,000 troops in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military officials. The General

He highlighted the outcomes of his strategic meeting with military commanders and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov focused on key areas of combat operations. Special attention was given to the Donetsk direction and the ongoing operation in Kursk Oblast,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine is maintaining a "buffer zone" in Russia’s Kursk Oblast to protect the cities of Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian offensives. Source: Zelenskyy's evening address Quote: "Today there were numerous military briefings with commanders,