The Russian military said it had pushed Ukrainian forces out of Guyevo in Russia’s Kursk region and had carried out air and artillery strikes on Ukrainian troops across the border.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said this a statement on Tuesday.
News360 Info reports that Russia has been trying since August last year to eject Ukrainian forces from Kursk after Kyiv’s troops mounted a surprise incursion that embarrassed President Vladimir Putin and which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hoped would give him a bargaining chip in any future talks.
However, Russia has retaken a swath of territory inside Kursk in recent months, pushing the Ukrainians closer towards the border.
It has also started taking territory in Ukraine’s neighbouring Sumy region after Putin spoke of the possibility of carving out a buffer zone.
The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to crush the Ukrainian army formations on the territory of Kursk region,” it said
It further stated that its forces had also defeated Ukrainian troops in fighting around two other settlements.
