Russia says it has taken another village from Ukrainian forces in Kursk region

Belfast Telegraph - 19/04
Kremlin forces have pushed Ukrainian troops from one of their last remaining footholds in Russia’s Kursk region, officials said.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces took control of the village of Oleshnya, on the border with Ukraine.

The “Units of the North military group have liberated the village of Oleshnya in the Kursk region during active offensive operations”, the ministry said in a statement.

State news agency Tass said Russia is still fighting to push Ukrainian forces out of the village of Gornal, seven miles south of Oleshnya.

“The Russian military has yet to push the Ukra...
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