Russia said on Friday that its army would regain control of its Kursk region "in a timely manner", declining to say how soon this could be achieved.

The Kremlin is said to have tasked its army with pushing Ukrainian forces out of Russia's Kursk region in less than a month. But how doable is it, especially given Ukraine's next move in its incursion?

According to documents obtained by the Ukrainian military and shared with The Guardian, Russia's military command foresaw Ukraine's August 6 incursion and failed to act on warnings from those in the region. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment on the reports.

Some Ghanaian men who said they were promised security and agricultural jobs in Russia by were instead forced to fight in the for Russia in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia since World War Two, bursting through the border into the western Kursk region supported by swarms of drones and he

Recent reports reveal that Russian officials had anticipated a potential Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region for months but failed to take adequate measures to prevent it. According to Hotnews documents seized by Ukrainian forces from abandoned Russian units,

According to a new report from ISW, analysts highlighted a report from the Ukrainian agency RBC-Ukraine indicating that Russian authorities likely aim to expel the AFU from Kursk Oblast by mid-October 2024 and create a “buffer zone” in the border areas of Ukraine along the international border with the Russian Federation in northeastern Ukraine by