Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia

Ukrainian forces have began a counter-attack in Russia’s Kursk region, in an apparent attempt to regain the initiative on the battlefield before Donald Trump’s return to the White House

Kyiv
300km
185 miles
RUSSIA
UKRAINE

Ukrainian advances (as of Jan 5)
Russian advances
Claimed Russian advances
Ukrainian assaults

RUSSIA
UKRAINE
KURSK OBLAST
6 miles
10km
Lyubimovka
Malaya Loknya
Viktotovka
Snagost
Sverdlikovo
Korenevo
Zhuravli
Sudzha
Russian fortifications
Leonidovo
Pushkarnoye

Berdin: Ukrainian forces have reportedly entered southern part of small town

Despite holding less than half of territory it seized in Kursk offensive last summer, Ukraine has managed in recent weeks to slow Russia’s advances reinforced by thousands of North Korean soldiers

Sources: Reuters, BBC, Institute for the Study of War
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