Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) captured nine Russian troops who were forced into surrendering after a building was blown up beside them, intense new video shows.

The UAV forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in coordination with other components of the Defense Forces, struck oil refineries in the Ryazan and Samara regions of Russia, according to a Telegram post from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A surprise Russian assault through a gas pipeline, along with a major offensive, is quickly making Ukraine's hold on Kursk untenable

The servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently trying to escape from Suji, a column of equipment is being destroyed by the Russian army. This is reported by the telegram channel "Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring" with the note "urgent".

Thousands of Ukrainian troops who stormed into Russia's Kursk region last summer in a shock incursion are nearly surrounded by Russian forces there, in a major blow to Kyiv which hoped to use its presence there as leverage over Moscow in any peace talks.

The Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, actually confirmed the retreat of Ukrainian troops in Kursk region.

Russia's Defense Ministry has claimed the attack killed up to 150 troops, including up to 30 foreign instructors.

Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops who smashed into Russia last summer and took control of a swathe of territory there are nearly encircled by Russian forces and cut off from their main supply lines,