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Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin's ceasefire response

Russia's Defense Ministry says its forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia’s Kursk border region, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin’s response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Russian forces recapture Kursk, raising questions about US-Ukraine cutoff

Moscow’s military liberated in a week much of the territory Ukraine had held for seven months.

Al Jazeera · Mar 13, 2025

Russian forces 'retake key town' of Sudzha in western Kursk region as Putin delays ceasefire to grab more land

Russian troops are reported to be gaining ground in the Kursk area from where Ukraine soldiers are withdrawing

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2025

The ceasefire deal lays bare the bind Vladimir Putin is in

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The proposed month-long truce brokered by the US will force the Russian president to concede that his territorial ambitions in Ukraine can go no further. It is time for Donald Trump to seal the deal

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

‘Thirty days could be just 30 minutes’: Warning Putin will break any Ukraine ceasefire after US strikes deal with Kyiv

The Russian president will aim to exploit a truce, current and former senior European officials tell The Independent

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Voices: Putin cannot be trusted to stick to a ceasefire in Ukraine

COMMENT: As the Russian leader says the US-brokered truce is ‘difficult to accept’, a pause in fighting could be exactly what he needs to regroup – and to shatter the wartime solidarity keeping Ukrainian society united against his invading forces, says Mark Almond

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Kyiv losing Russia’s Kursk after being blinded by lack of US intelligence, say Ukrainians

The cutting of US intelligence to Ukrainian soldiers forced a retreat in occupied Russian Kursk, sources tell The Independent. It was the only Putin land taken by Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces during the three-year war

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

Putin Reportedly Eager To Drag Out Ukraine Ceasefire Talks But Likely To Accept Truce

Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely agree to a truce eventually, but will seek to make sure his conditions are met before, Bloomberg reported

Latin Times · Mar 12, 2025

What leverage does Trump have over Putin in Ukraine negotiations?

The Russian president remains unwavering in his demands, making wider sanctions and tariffs ineffective

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025

US will ‘have contact today’ with Russia after Ukraine peace talks

Marco Rubio said a Russian rejection of the plan would ‘make their intentions clear’.

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025