Residents of the Kursk region in Russia reported explosions in the city of Lgov on the evening of Monday, December 30, according to the acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein. Khinshtein has traditionally claimed that the attack came from Ukraine.

Dec 30 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia's Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region's acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike.

Ukraine's summer incursion into Kursk took Russia by surprise - and forced Vladimir Putin to redirect significant resources.

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine's top army commander said on Tuesday.

Ukraine's Air Force on Dec. 29 denied claims spread by Russian media about a Ukrainian pilot surrendering to Russian forces in Kursk Oblast.

Reclaiming Kursk is high on Moscow's agenda but comments by Valery Gerasimov failed to address the continuing presence of Ukrainian troops on Russian soil.

Russia says five people have been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the western Kursk region. Ukrainian officials reported earlier that Moscow had launched a fresh missile attack on Kyiv, damaging a building hosting several embassies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured

Ukraine's summer incursion into Kursk took Russia by surprise - and forced Vladimir Putin to redirect significant resources.

Four months after racing to Kursk Oblast in western Russia to meet the surprise Ukrainian invasion of that border region, the Russian navy’s battered 810th Naval Infantry Brigade is finally calling it quits—at least for a little while.

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said North Korean units had been carrying out "human wave" attacks against Ukrainian positions.