In August, a strong Ukrainian force eventually numbering around 20,000 troops invaded Kursk Oblast in western Russia ... the definitive Ukraine Control Map were sufficiently confident in Ukrainian ...

5 that Ukraine's presence in Kursk Oblast could play an "important part" in future negotiations to end Russia's war. Map showing Ukrainian-controlled territory in Russia's Kursk Oblast ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine is maintaining a "buffer zone" in Russia’s Kursk Oblast to protect the cities of Sumy and Kharkiv from Russian offensives. Source: Zelenskyy's ...