Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk.

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine's top army commander said on Tuesday.

Ukrainian forces are at risk of losing control over the territories gained in the Kursk region, potentially weakening the entire frontline. Ukraine has already lost 40 percent of the land they gained in Russia.

Ukrainian forces are at risk of losing control over the territories gained in the Kursk region, which could weaken the entire frontline. Ukraine has already lost 40 per cent of the land acquired in Russia.

Exhausted and demoralised Ukrainian troops risk losing much of the territory in Russia's Kursk Oblast that they captured during a lightning-fast August offensive. Source: Associated Press, citing seven Ukrainian soldiers and commanders who spoke on condition of anonymity about the situation on the front line Details: The publication writes that a