MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. Russian servicemen have liberated 32 settlements in the Kursk Region since August 6 last year, according to TASS estimates based on reports from the Russian Defense Ministry.
On March 8-9 alone, the decisive actions of the Battlegroup North resulted in the liberation of seven settlements, including Malaya Loknya, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Kositsa, Lebedevka, Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina.
In February, the army regained control of five localities: Pogrebki, Orlovka, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, and Sverdlikovo.
As of January 17, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that 63.2% (801 square kilometers) of the Kursk Region, initially occupied by the Ukrainian army (1,268 square kilometers), had been liberated. During the first two weeks of January, as part of offensive operations, the units of the Battlegroup North liberated four settlements: Alexandriya, Leonidovo, Russkoe Porechnoye, and Kruglenkoe. Additionally, Nikolayevo-Daryino was liberated on January 31.
In December 2024, the army liberated three localities - Plekhovo, Daryino and Novoivanovka.
Last September saw the largest number of settlements returned, reaching 12; these were Uspenovka, Borki, Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeyevka, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Obukhovka, Snagost and 10th October.
The Kursk Region came under a massive attack from Ukraine on August 6, 2024. A state of federal emergency is in effect in the region. Civilians are being evacuated from the border areas. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Kiev has lost more than 64,000 troops since fighting began in the Kursk area. The operation to destroy Ukrainian troops continues.