Russias army has actually retaken control of 64% of Kursk region territory initially caught by Ukrainian forces after they released a surprise offensive in the border area in 2015, a senior Russian military authorities stated Thursday.
More than 800 square kilometers [309 square miles] have been liberated, which totals up to about 64% of the territory initially inhabited, Sergei Rudskoi, very first deputy head of Russias General Staff, informed the Krasnaya Zvezda military newspaper.Based on Rudskois statements, Ukraine still controls more than 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of territory in the Kursk region.Last week, Ukraines top military leader Oleksandr Syrsky said that Ukrainian forces controlled around 500 square kilometers in Kursk, area that Kyiv views as a crucial bargaining chip in any talks on ending the war.President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian soldiers had actually crossed the border into Ukraine overnight, in what state media reported was an offending launched from the Kursk region.
Ukraine denied the claim.
Currently the effort in the Kursk area is totally on our side.
Russian forces are advancing in all locations, Rudskoi told Krasnaya Zvezda.He included that Russian forces have actually taken around 75% of Ukraines Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, while Kyiv controls less than 1% of the eastern Luhansk region.Moscow revealed the addition of all four areas in September 2022 despite not totally controlling any of them.In 2024, Rudskoi stated Russia took practically 4,500 square kilometers of area in Ukraine, calling it a development year.
The Kyiv program will not be able to significantly alter the scenario on the battleground anymore, Rudskoi added.