The Russian army continues its offensive in the Kursk region. According to the latest updates, the buffer zone controlled by ...

updated its battlefield map to show Ukrainian forces were no longer in control of Sudzha, the biggest town Ukraine controlled in Kursk. Fighting continued on the outskirts, DeepState said.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses commanders as he visits a control center of the Russian armed forces in the Kursk region, Russia, March 12, 2025, in this still image taken from video.

Battlefield maps from both Ukraine and Russia showed two joined pockets of Ukrainian forces on the Russian side of the border in Kursk. Russia said it was clearing large numbers of mines in the area.

He added that all Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries who had operated in Kursk were considered terrorists under Russian law. Watch his full speech in English here.