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Thursday, March 13, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Russia says largest town in Kursk region retaken from Ukraine
In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Emergencies Ministry on March 13, 2025, emergency specialists evacuate residents from the Sudzha district of the Kursk region amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (Handout / Russian Emergencies Ministry / AFP)
Russia’s Defense Ministry says it has taken over Sudzha, the biggest town in the western Kursk region to have been overrun by Ukrainian forces since a surprise cross border offensive in August 2024.
The announcement comes as Russian troops are close to driving out Ukrainian troops from their last foothold in the Kursk region, according to Moscow.
In this image made from video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, accompanied by Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov, second left, visits military headquarters in the Kursk region of Russia. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited military headquarters in the region yesterday and spoke to military commanders there.
