The Russian army continues its offensive in the Kursk region. According to the latest updates, the buffer zone controlled by Ukraine's Defense Forces has once again shrunk, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.

The bold campaign Ukraine launched last summer to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end.

Ukrainian forces have pulled almost entirely out of the Kursk region of Russia, ending an offensive that had stunned the Kremlin over the summer with its speed and audacity.

LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops who smashed into Russia last summer and took control of a swathe of territory there are nearly encircled by Russian forces and cut off from their main supply lines, open source maps showed on Friday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops have not been encircled by Russian forces in Kursk region, accusing Russian leader Vladimir Putin of “lying” about the situation on the ground.

Russian forces are battling to expel the last Ukrainian soldiers from western Russia after a months-long incursion.

A Russian service member walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Sudzha, which was recently retaken by Russia's armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia,