The Latest Breaking News from Kursk

Russia declares counterterrorism operation in response to Ukrainian incursion, leading to civilian casualties and escalating conflict. Ongoing fighting, mi...

Fighting said to be continuing, with reports of power outages near nuclear power station, despite Moscow’s claim

Moscow on Saturday mounted a "counter-terror operation" in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv's biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half-year conflict.

Tens of thousands evacuate as Russia imposes ‘anti-terror’ measures in Kursk and nearby regions of Bryansk and Belgorod.

Russia said it evacuated more than 76,000 people from its western Kursk border region on Saturday, according to the state-run TASS news agency, as Ukraine pressed on with its biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began almost two and a half years ago. In response to the incursion,…

As the war enters its 897th day, these are the main developments.

A swift Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region marks the largest such cross-border raid by Kyiv’s forces in the nearly 2½-year war, exposing Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealing a painful blow to the Kremlin

Emergency workers search rubble for survivors; Moscow deploys extra forces to Kursk as Ukrainians ambush Russian convoy. What we know on day 899

Russian forces struggle to deal with assault across border and deep into the Kursk region – which military experts have described as the most significant such incursion since the Second World War

Zelenskyy says Russia will be ‘held accountable for this terror’ as Ukrainian troops push on with Kursk assault.

Assault on key gas hub Sudzha highlights Europe’s continued reliance on Russian energy.