Kursk, Ukraine and Trump

Ukraine gambled big in its daring assault into Russia's Kursk. Was it worth the risk?
Ukraine launched a daring offensive into Russia's Kursk region, hoping to stretch Russia's resources and gain a new bargaining chip.
Ahead of Trump’s return to office, Ukraine and Russia battle for Kursk
Ukraine’s continued focus on Kursk shows how important Kyiv believes it is to hold on to Russian land, especially if Trump pushes both sides to the negotiating table.
Ukraine doubles down on Kursk ahead of Trump taking office
Ukraine is leaning into its efforts to hold onto the Russian territory of Kursk amid intense pressure from Russian and North Korean forces to take it back, apparently gambling that the region
Kursk Map Shows Russia's Rapid Advances in Ukraine-Held Territory
Russia's military is continuing to push further into Ukraine and recapture its own territory from Kyiv's forces. According to the D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian forces have advanced in Toretsk and near Kurakhove,
Ukrainian forces repel 25 Russian attacks on Kursk front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 144 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield since the start of 9 January, with most of the fighting taking place on the Pokrovsk, Kursk and Kurakhove fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook,
Ukraine’s 47th Brigade wipes out Russian company in Kursk Oblast
Ukrainian special forces destroy Russian equipment in Kursk Oblast – video The Russian army deployed an enormous amount of personnel and equipment, with tanks fitted with mine-clearing trailers leading enemy convoys.

Slovakia, FICO and Ukraine

A Russian missile attack in southern Ukraine has killed at least 13 civilians, officials say
The Ukrainian military says it struck a fuel storage depot deep inside Russia. The strike caused a huge blaze at the facility ...
Ukraine says it blew up a warehouse full of Russian recon drones with a homemade rework of a Neptune anti-ship missile
Russian forces have used reconnaissance drones to support their deep-strike operations in Ukraine. This has been a major ...
The Painting, the Photograph and the War for Ukraine’s Culture
An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for the warriors, ...
220,000 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine: Report
It seems that 2024 was the deadliest year of the war so far for Moscow's forces, with thousands of elite troops killed on the ...
Russia accuses Ukraine of striking supermarket in Donetsk
Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of carrying out a missile strike on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk ...
Ukrainska Pravda on MSN23h
Ukraine calls on West to step up counteraction to Russia's shadow fleet after environmental disaster in Black Sea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on its partners to step up counteraction to Russia's shadow fleet of ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin welcomes meeting with Trump as ‘supermarket hit with US missile’ in Donetsk
Kremlin welcomes meeting with Trump as ‘supermarket hit with US missile’ in Donetsk - Russia accused Kyiv of using a ...
RBC Ukraine on MSN1d
Russian security forces appear to be urging Putin to intensify war against Ukraine - ISW
Senior Russian security officials seem to assess that Russia needs to intensify its war against Ukraine rather than seek a ...