Russian officials met this week with the families of those trapped behind Ukrainian lines in the embattled Kursk region, coming amid mounting criticism of the government's efforts to secure their return.

A recent Russian airstrike in the Kursk region has caused massive shockwaves, targeting Ukrainian army positions. Russian forces, led by the Sever Group, struck multiple Ukrainian formations, including tank brigades,

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.

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.

Around 11,000 North Korean troops were sent to Russia in an attempt to recapture parts of the Kursk region which were seized by Ukrainian soldiers in a surprise attack last summer. But North Korea has suffered huge losses with around 4,000 killed or ...

A recent Russian airstrike in Kursk has resulted in heavy losses for Ukraine, targeting multiple military formations and causing significant destruction.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

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A Javelin team from Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade inflicted heavy losses on a Russian mechanised unit during an assault.

A third of the troops North Korea deployed to western Russia’s Kursk Oblast late last year has been killed or wounded, according to Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelensky. Col. Ants Kiviselg, the head of the Estonian defense forces’ intelligence center, confirmed the claim.

Russian prosecutors are seeking to recover nearly $33 million of funds that they say were allocated for the defence of the western Kursk region, invaded by Ukraine last year, but stolen instead by corrupt officials.