As Russia Tries to Push Ukraine Out of Kursk, Here’s What to Know
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Russia claimed to retake a key town in the area from Ukrainian forces. Ukraine’s top military commander has said that its forces would continue to “hold the line.”
Russian troops appear close to driving Ukraine from all the territory it seized in the Kursk region of Russia last year, a prospect that President Trump appeared to reference in a social media post on Friday.
The Russian push in Kursk appeared to accelerate after Mr. Trump froze military aid and intelligence support to Ukraine on March 3. The flow of aid resumed this week as Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia.
Russian advances
Russian-claimed advances
Ukrainian-held territory
Russia claimed it had taken Sudzha, the main Ukrainian outpost in Kursk.
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Sumy
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Russian advances
Russian-claimed advances
Ukrainian-held territory
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Russia claimed it had taken Sudzha, the main Ukrainian outpost in Kursk.
Glushkovo
Snagost
Sudzha
Guyevo
UKRAINE
Detail
Sumy
UKRAINE
5 miles
On Thursday, Mr. Putin expressed preliminary support for the proposal but said he still had questions that required more discussion. Those questions, he told a news conference, included the fate of Ukrainian troops still in Kursk.
Here is a look at the Ukrainian incursion — the first on Russian soil since World War II — and how Russian troops are fighting back.
Why is Kursk important?
Kursk is an area of western Russia that borders the Sumy region of Ukraine. Sumy had long been thought to be a place where Russia might try opening a new front in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022.
Russia made steady progress in Kursk over the past week
Russian advances
Russian-claimed advances
Ukrainian-held territory
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MARCH 10
MARCH 13
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Sudzha
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Sudzha
Guyevo
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Russia made steady progress in Kursk
over the past week
Russian advances
Russian-claimed advances
Ukrainian-held territory
MARCH 6
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Sudzha
UKRAINE
Guyevo
MARCH 10
RUSSIA
Sudzha
UKRAINE
Guyevo
MARCH 13
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Sudzha
UKRAINE
Guyevo