Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region on August 6 saw Kyiv make swift gains which were hoped to be an effective bargaining chip in ending the war. While Russia's response was slow, it has now recaptured much of the territory with the help of North Korean soldiers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his country has regained control of Kursk, the border region where Ukraine launched a surprise offensive last year, though Ukraine’s army says fighting continues.

Russia's ejection of Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region ends the biggest incursion into Russian territory since World War Two but it also removes another barrier to a peace deal Moscow was reluctant to conclude with so many enemy troops on its soil.

Russian drone attacks killed a 12-year-old girl in central Ukraine and wounded three people in the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. One drone hit a residential building in Samarivskyi district in the central Dnipropetrovsk region,

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has reported that fires have broken out and a person has been injured in the Desnianskyi district as a result of falling debris from Russian drones. Later, it became known that a recreation centre had burned down.

U.S. ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker discusses progress in a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine under President Donald Trump on 'The Will Cain Show.'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has insisted that Russia will accept nothing less than a complete victory in the war against Ukraine. This comes after Trump’s Special Env

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to see a permanent ceasefire to ending Russia's war in Ukraine, stated White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. Vladimir Putin announced another temporary halt in military actions.