Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region may be forced to retreat as a renewed Russian counteroffensive pushes toward the Kyiv-held city of Sudzha, putting Ukraine’s forces at risk of encirclement. Over seven months since Kyiv launched its Kursk region offensive,

The repositioning could be a prelude to a complete Ukrainian withdrawal from Kursk back to the relative safety of northern Ukraine. Shrugging off at least one raid by a Ukrainian

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian special forces crept miles through a major gas pipeline near the town of Sudzha in an attempt to surprise Ukrainian forces as part of a major offensive to eject Ukrainian soldiers from the western Russian region of Kursk,