Ukraine retreated from most of the Russian Cursk region

The Ukrainian forces withdrew from all lands, except for a segment of land in Russia Cursk regionAccording to analysts and military soldiers, their campaign for months to seize and occupy Russian soil is approaching their end in the face of counter -attacks in Moscow.

At the height of the attack, the Ukrainian forces controlled about 500 square miles of Russian territory. By Sunday, they were clinging to a narrow strip of land along the Russian -Bakrani border, and they were barely covering 30 square miles, according to Passi Barwinen, a military analyst in the Black Bird group, which is based in Finland.

“The end of the battle is coming.”

The amount of Russian lands that are still under Ukrainian control cannot be confirmed independently, and the soldiers have reported fierce fighting in the region. But amid a rapid Russian progress backed by uncompromising air and attacks on drones, the Ukrainian forces withdrew during the past week from several villages in the Kursk region, as well as From sudzhaThe main city is under their control.

Ukrainian military leadership He said The forces have withdrew to what they described as a more defense land inside Russia along the border, using mountainous terrain to gain better fire control in approaching Russian forces. On Saturday, I issued a Map of the battlefield The shrapnel of the Earth that is still Ukraine dominates the Kursk region.

But it is still not clear that the Ukrainian forces can stick to this correction.

Ukrainian soldiers said that the continuous fighting in Korsk was about to detention of Russian territory.

“We are continuing to hold positions on the Kursk Front,” said the commander of the assault family, who only asked to get to know him through the sign of his call,. “The only difference is that our positions have turned much closer to the border.”

While the Ukrainian decline from most of the Kursk region was fast, military experts said that it came after months of Russian attacks and gestures that have eaten the foothold of Ukraine steadily in the region and cut off the supply routes, which eventually withdrawal.

“What happened in the past few months was the process of forming conditions for a successful payment,” said Franz Stefan Jadi, the Austrian military analyst who visited the Sumi area in Ukraine on the border with Kursk last month to speak with the Ukrainian leaders.

Starting in December, the Russian forces, reinforced by North Korea forces recently publishedRepeating attacks on the wings of Ukrainian bloating in the Corsak region. By mid -February, they have advanced five miles from the main re -supply methods in Ukraine to Sudzha, allowing them to target roads with drones.

Late last week, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that it had regained sudzha; On Saturday, the Russian forces regained two villages outside the city.

Unlike Previous retreats By Kiev’s forces elsewhere, as in parts of eastern Ukraine, military analysts said what happened in Korsk was a relative organizer and did not surround a large number of forces – though Violating claims It was made by President Vladimir F. Putin is from Russia and President Trump.

“There was no threat to the encryption of the Ukrainian forces, and there is no evidence indicating otherwise,” said Sirhi Kozan, head of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, a non -governmental research group.

Kyiv was hoping to use her control of Russian soil in Kursk as a financial lever in any negotiations to end the war. Ukraine has agreed to support the ceasefire for a month backed by the United States, as long as Russia does the same. The Kremlin has not yet agreed, and The negotiations appear to have been prolonged The ceasefire, which was proposed by Washington and Kiev last week by setting conditions.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs He said Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergey F. spoke. Lavrov from Russia over the phone on Saturday about “the next steps”, without providing more details.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a separate statement on Sunday that Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Rubio discussed “the concrete aspects of the implementation of the understanding” reached in the US -Russia talks held last month in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I also provided any other details.

Natalia Vasiliva The reports contributed.