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A Russian army soldier walks along a ruined street of Malaya Loknya settlement, which was recently retaken by Russia’s armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, in this still image taken from video released March 13, 2025.
| Photo Credit: via Reuters
Moscow said on Friday (March 14, 2025) that its forces had recaptured another village in their drive to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their last remaining footholds inside Russia’s Kursk region.
The defence ministry said Russian troops had retaken Goncharovka, one of only a handful of settlements still in Ukrainian hands. There was no immediate comment from Kyiv.
Ukraine said it controlled about 100 settlements at the peak of its shock incursion into western Russia, which it launched on August 10 last year to divert Russian forces from eastern Ukraine and secure a bargaining chip in negotiations.
But Russia’s forces, supported by troops from its ally North Korea, have gradually clawed back the lost territory, tightening the squeeze on Ukraine by cutting its supply lines.
President Vladimir Putin this week instructed his commanders to complete the task of ejecting the last Ukrainian troops as soon as possible, saying they would have to “surrender or die”.
Published – March 14, 2025 04:55 pm IST
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Russia retakes another village in drive to push Ukraine out of Kursk
