The story of a Russian woman’s evacuation shows how Ukraine is trying to differentiate its occupation of the Kursk region from Russia’s grip on Ukraine.

From this perspective, Kursk should be seen for what it is, an attempt to redirect fighting away from a theatre that they are losing. They are not undertaking the Kursk offensive from a position of strength but of desperation.

The Ukrainian president's chief of staff said on Tuesday that imposing sanctions on Iran for supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles was not enough, and that allies should allow Kyiv to carry out strikes deep into Russia using Western weapons.

Ukraine mounted one of its biggest aerial assaults on Moscow overnight on Tuesday, killing at least one woman and forcing the Russian capital’s airports to suspend flights for several hours. Russia claimed to have intercepted 144 drones over the country,

Regarding morale, George Marshall once said, “With it, all things are possible, without it everything else, planning, preparation, production, count for naught.” With its bold strike into Kursk, Ukraine’s leadership primarily aims to bolster the morale of the nation and the allied coalition;