After holding onto a swathe of Russian territory for more than seven months, Ukraine’s occupation of the Kursk region is at a growing risk of collapse.
Ukrainian forces first entered the Russian border region in a surprise Aug. 6, 2024 assault and have since proceeded to battle it out for continued control over that patch of their enemy’s land. At the height of their operation, those Ukrainian troops had managed to seize control over a swathe of territory spanning about 500 square miles. In February, the Russian military reported it had retaken about 300 square miles of the territory it had lost in the summer of 2024.
