Kyiv's forces struck an advanced Russian air-defense system in the border Kursk region, according to Ukraine's military, shortly after the U.S. green-lit attacks over the border using long-range American weapons and as North Korean soldiers are expected to ...

The Ukrainian source revealed that their forces initially controlled up to 1,376 square kilometres (531 square miles) of territory in Kursk but now hold around 800 square kilometres (309 square miles).