Russia launches major Kursk counteroffensive: ReportsRussian...

Russia launches major Kursk counteroffensive: Reports

Russian forces have launched a concerted push against Ukrainian troops in the border Kursk region, according to both Moscow and Kyiv sources, more than a month after Ukraine launched its surprise incursion across the border.

Major General Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat special forces deployed in Kursk, told Russian state news agency Tass on Wednesday that the situation was "good," adding that Russian troops had "gone on the offensive" along the "right flank" in Kursk.

A total of 10 settlements have been recaptured by Russia since Tuesday, Alaudinov said. Separately, Alaudinov reshared a Russian military blogger statement on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, which described a "breakthrough" in Kursk that drove Ukrainian forces from "nearly a dozen villages."