Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat from the town in Russia’s Kursk region, parts of which were captured by Kyiv’s forces last summer.

Russian troops have made their way to the centre of the small Ukrainian-occupied town of Sudzha in the Kursk region of western Russia, state media and war bloggers said on Wednesday. Forces raised the Russian flag over the city hall building,

Moscow said on Friday that its forces had recaptured another village in their drive to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their last remaining footholds inside Russia's Kursk region. The defence ministry said Russian troops had retaken Goncharovka,