Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox Church and has driven a split among believers in both Russia and Ukraine.Vi

Russia has announced the capture of the key Ukrainian town of Kurakhove as fierce fighting continues on both sides of the border.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 38,000 Russian troops had been killed or injured during the five-month war in the Kursk region, with 15,000 of them having died

Ukraine’s president claimed that his troops were ‘actively destroying Russian military potential’ in the Kursk region of Russia

Ukrainian forces continued a counterattack in the Russian border region of Kursk on Monday, attacking on both the eastern and western flanks. Senior Ukrainian officials described the assaults, which began over the weekend,