View of smoke rising from buildings that were purportedly struck by Ukrainian forces, amid their ongoing incursion, in Glushkovo, Kursk region, Russia August 21, 2024 in this satellite image. 2024 Planet Labs Inc/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has lost over 40% of the territory in Russia's Kursk region that it rapidly seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.
The source, who is on Ukraine's General Staff, said Russia had deployed some 59,000 troops to the Kursk region since Kyiv's forces swept in and advanced swiftly, catching Moscow unprepared 2-1/2 years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
