KYIV (Reuters) -Around 10,000 Russian soldiers are fighting in Russia's Kursk region, about 90 square kilometers (35 square miles) of which is controlled by Ukraine, Ukraine's top military commander said.

Ukraine's top military commander says its forces are still defending a small area of territory inside Russia that it captured almost a year ago. In August 2024 Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into the Kursk region,

Ukraine holds about 90 square kilometres of Kursk, as Russia continues drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities further from the front.