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,

Russian forces have retaken the village of Goncharovka in their campaign to expel Ukrainian troops from Russia's Kursk region. With support from North Korea, Russia has regained significant territory,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine gave no indication Friday that his country’s soldiers would withdraw from Kursk, let alone surrender.