Russia said its forces have taken back more than 800 square kilometers of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, which had been taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year.

Russian forces have recaptured over 800 square kilometers (309 square miles) in the Kursk region, reclaiming about 64% of the territory Ukraine had

Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, or about 64% of the total taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year,

President Vladimir Putin told Russian media on Feb. 18 that Russian forces had crossed into Ukrainian territory from Kursk Oblast, a claim General Staff spokesperson Dmytro Lykhovyi has dismissed as part of a disinformation campaign.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has claimed that his troops in Kursk Oblast (Russia) had crossed into Ukrainian territory. However, Ukraine’s defence forces have denied this claim. Source: Putin, as quoted by Russian media;

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has denied Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's claims about an alleged breakthrough in the Kursk region and the advance of Russian troops into Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

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Colonel-general Sergei Rudskoi told a newspaper that Moscow had pushed Kyiv into a defensive stance since February last year.

Putin announced that Russian troops crossed the border with Ukraine in the Kursk region and launched a large-scale offensive. "That's not true," denies Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian government's Center for Countering Disinformation (CPD).

Putin announced that Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine in the Kursk region and launched a large-scale offensive. "That's not true," denies Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian government's Center for Countering Disinformation (CPD).