An official in Russia's Kursk border region partly occupied by Ukraine told AFP that authorities were working "constantly" to secure the return of Russian civilians caught behind the front lines -- after facing rare public criticism.

A Colombian citizen has been detained near the village of Alexandria in Russia's Kursk region on charges of terrorism and mercenary activity, as both Moscow and Kyiv grapple with the growing presence of foreign fighters in their ranks.

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

Russian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday.

Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik held talks with Acting Governor of Russia’s Kursk Oblast Alexander Khinshtein in Moscow on .

Ukraine aimed to challenge the self-imposed red lines set by the Biden administration and other Western leaders regarding its ability to strike back against Russia.

What’s old is new again as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year. During World War II, some armies—the British Army, in particular—bolted metal spans to the top of tank chassis and used the resulting “funnies” to rapidly erect bridges across vehicle-halting gaps on the battlefield.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said forces operating in the Kursk region of Russia have captured two North Korean soldiers, marking the first time that Kyiv has captured alive soldiers from the isolated state. “Our soldiers have captured ...

Pyongyang plans to send Russia 150 KN-23 missiles, artillery systems, and possibly infantry reinforcements in 2025, adding new challenges for Ukraine on the battlefield, Budanov said.

In dozens of aid packages over the 35 months—and counting—of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the administration of former U.S. Pres. Joe Biden supplied the Ukrainian military with more than 10,000 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles, or ATGMs.

It will mostly be missile and artillery troops who typically operate hundreds of tubed and rocket artillery systems as well as the KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles Pyongyang has already provided Moscow,