Moscow's cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin's prestige—and was even viewed by some as a "turning point" for modern Russia. On August 12, 2000, ...

Key Points and Summary - The recent launch of Russia's new hypersonic-armed submarine, Perm, serves as a stark reminder of the 2000 Kursk disaster. -The Kursk sank with all 118 hands after a faulty ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned his top commanders in Kursk to congratulate them on "victory" and the end of the operation to expel Ukrainian forces from the region in ...

The Kursk’s loss of its 118-person crew makes it one of the deadliest in modern history. In August 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine “Kursk” sailed to the Arctic Circle to participate in a scheduled ...

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin visited the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the western Kursk region on Tuesday, the first time he stopped by since Russian forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area last month. During the visit, ...

Some 180,000 residents of Kursk have been ordered to evacuate, officials said. Ukrainian troops have captured more than two dozen settlements in Russia's western Kursk region since launching its ...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has for the first time acknowledged that North Korean soldiers took part in the fighting to recover Russian territory after Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region ...

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Russia acknowledged for the first time that North Korean troops were on the front lines of its war with Ukraine, with a senior military official crediting their role in helping Russian forces reclaim ...

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area, the Kremlin said Wednesday. The Russian military had ...