The Ukrainian army has introduced a new offensive in the Kursk region in Russia, while Moscow’s forces continue to grow deeply in eastern Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed in a statement on Sunday that Ukrainian forces launched new attacks amid their incursion into Russia that began with a surprise assault in August.

Andriy Kovalenko, a senior official with Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, appeared to confirm the operation in a Telegram post.

“In the Kursk region, the Russians are deeply worried. They were attacked on several fronts, that they, “he said.

Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reported that the attack had succeeded.

“The Kursk region, News, Russia gets what it deserves,” he wrote on Sunday.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that a Ukrainian counterattack began Sunday morning, which included two tanks, a barrier vehicle and 12 armored fighting cars with infantry men who were heading to the Russian colony of Berdin.

Most of them were destroyed, according to the ministry, which also released aerial footage of what it said was an explosives-laden drone taking out a self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kursk.

The ministry said its killed 340 members of the Ukrainian armed forces in the last day.

The Russian military says Ukraine has lost more than 49,000 troops in Kursk since its offensive began in August, as well as 273 tanks, 44 rocket release systems and loads of other cars and ammunition.

Ukraine states that Russia lost 430,000 infantry soldiers in 2024, and that North Korea infantry soldiers brought Kursk recently made strong patients in the first line of Russian territory.

Russian forces have been gradually pushing back Ukrainian soldiers out of seized areas in Kursk, but they have not been able to fully repel the offensive.

Zelenskyy said the territory held in Kursk can play an abundant role in long-term “peace” talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is in a position for talks but remains in a position to continue the war for longer.

Russian forces also continue to press so deeply in the Ukrainian territory, after the vital spaces resumed in the eastern component of the country.

Progressing at an accelerating rate in recent months, they continue to take the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast.

Moscow promised reprisals on Saturday after the Ukrainian army used more attacms missiles through the United States.