August 6, 2024 – March 2025 · Kursk Oblast, Russia Theater
August 6, 2024 – March 2025
Ukrainian forces crossed into Russia’s Kursk Oblast on August 6, 2024 and seized a substantial salient. Ukraine captured Russian servicemen and sought operational and negotiating leverage. Russian and North Korean forces counterattacked over subsequent months; the principal Ukrainian-held salient contracted sharply in March 2025.
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