Ukraine still holds inside Russian Kurss, says Commander

The leading commander of Ukraine’s military says that its forces are still defending a small area of ​​territory within Russia it has been obtained almost a year ago.

On August 2024 Ukraine launched a surprise attraction to the Kursk region, taking more than 1,000 sq km (386 sq miles) in Russian land.

Commander-In-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky says 10,000 Russian troops attempted to give up his forces.

While Russia often insists that it took the whole region, Syrsky said on Sunday that Ukraine still holds 90 sq miles) in the Kursk region.

Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Syrsky promised to increase “measure and depth” of strikes in Russia.

“Of course, let’s continue,” he said.

“Given that we did not fight against the population, we fought and destroyed military targets.”

Ukraine seized dozen villages in the Kursk region shortly after the investigation began on 6 August 2024.

President Voltodyrr Zelensky said Kursk Operation has established a buffer zone that prevents Russian forces from the keys in front of eastern Ukraine.

However, Kyiv’s progress stopped after Russians were encouraged – including thousands of troops from the Alian North Korea.

In recent months Ukrainian forces withdraws Kursk after facing 70,000 Russian troops And the heavy drone attacks as part of the Moscow driving to regain the territory.

Last autumn, North Korea sent an estimated 11,000 troops to Kursk to fight Ukrainian Cross-Worder Scursion.

BBC officials said in January that at least 1,000 Troops in North Korea in Russia were killed in just three months.

Last month, the Pyongyang Government promised to send thousands of mines and builder in the Russian region to restore damaged infrastructure.