Ukraine conflict newest: Three killed as Ukraine launches large drone assault on Moscow – hours earlier than begin of peace talks with US | World Information

Away from peace talks and drone assaults for a second, Russia’s defence ministry says its troops have now retaken over 100 sq km (38.6 sq miles) of territory in Kursk.

Ukrainian forces invaded the Russian area final August, partly as a means of drawing Moscow’s forces away from the frontline within the east.

Ukraine has managed to carry on to the territory since then, together with the important thing city of Sudzha, however in current weeks its troops have began dropping floor.

That is evidenced by open supply maps, which present Ukraine’s positions having deteriorated sharply of late.

Russian forces even crept via deserted pipes as a part of makes an attempt to encircle Ukrainian troopers in Kursk, as we reported on the weekend.

However Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s prime common, stated in a put up on social media this week that the state of affairs was “beneath management” within the area.

Medals given to Russia’s Kursk fighters 

The chief of Russia’s common workers, Valery Gerasimov, visited his troops preventing in Kursk and awarded medals to a few of them, Moscow’s defence ministry stated right now.

It added that Gerasimov had famous Russia’s success in destroying Ukrainian troops in Kursk and gave orders for additional motion there after listening to experiences concerning the state of affairs on the bottom. 

The ministry’s TV channel confirmed Gerasimov pinning medals for braveness on the uniforms of a line of troopers.