At the height of the campaign, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory. Now they hold just a small sliver of land along the border.

President Zelenskiy said his troops in Kursk were not surrounded, but said there might be a new Russian attack on Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region.

Ukraine has confirmed its withdrawal from the biggest town it held in Kursk, as Russia battles the last of Kyiv’s troops out of the key region.In early August 2024, Ukrainian troops staged an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region,