Russia continues drive to push Ukraine out of Kursk as Kyiv risks losing bargaining chip

Russia on Friday said its forces had taken control of Goncharovka, a village in its Kursk region that had been occupied by Ukrainian troops. The Russian counteroffensive in Kursk has wrested much of the land Ukraine originally captured, denying Kyiv a vital point of leverage over Moscow in any potential peace talks.
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40 comments
  1. FRANCE 24, stop misleading your viewers, Ukrainian troops never entered the city of Kursk. They only entered the Kursk region, the city of Sudzha with a population of less than 5,000 people and some villages nearby.

  2. Kursk will always be Ukraine, God will help Ukraine regain Kursk.
    I really hope Russia and Ukraine don't stop.
    Kursk is Azov, Galician, ss Waffen strong hold.

  3. The 45th facebook brigade and the 106th reddit brigade are at the ready currently. According to Z stein they will be launched at any minute now to regain all lost territory.

  4. We must stop giving money to the Ukrainian government; there is too much corruption and embezzlement.
    We must find solutions to finance projects directly, without political intermediaries, as was done after the Asian tsunami.
    We must also buy weapons in Europe and supply them directly to the Ukrainian army, without political intermediaries.
    The Ukrainian government and administration are acting like mafia groups.
    Ukraine took advantage of the European Union's coverage of salaries to triple the salaries of state, municipal, and regional government officials; it's a scam.
    Instead of funding the military, they shared the money among administrators.
    Otherwise, we must stop paying their salaries permanently.

  5. So many Soviet Union bots in the comments section. I feel so sad about the Russian people living under dictatorship. I think because of Stalin the Russian people have always been slaves. That need a dictator to run the country. So sad.

  6. What common sense ! Ukraine goal in Kursk have been achied ! Zelensk once confident said would soon establish a buffer zone with it's administrator! Wonders of the world!

  7. As a neutral observer, I can say my impression is that it is just the opposite from what that woman civilian said. It's the Ukrainians and the West that doesn't keep its word.

  8. Ukraine never had a bargaining chip. This is all for the media wins. Well congrats,how is that working out for you

  9. Can you believe it ? Zelenskyy says Kursk incursion was a success for Ukraine. He never admits defeat. Even Trump says Ukrainian troops are surrounded. The US has ISR military intelligence to know.

  10. Trump still hasn't realized he gave all his cards to Putin. He said Russia were easier to deal with than Ukraine and now the world knows only Trump thought he had a "deal" with Russia. KGB vs MAGA . . . KGB wins every time.

  11. Дональд просил Путина не за украинцев, а немного за других. Дело в том, что в окружённой группировке, по разными данным от 30%, до 40 % наемников из Канады, США, Британии, Польши, Франции и др. стран, многие из них являются действующими военнослужащими. Именно по этому Дональд просил Путина пощадить их, а те окруженцы, в свою очередь, надеяться на своих, а не на зеленского, что они через „верхи“ вытащят их из котла, без проблем плена. Но у ВВП, на этот счёт, „немного другие“ планы. Плен, это наглядное палево и доказательство прямого участия НАТО, в боевых действиях на территории не только бывшей УССР, но и РФ.

  12. Your reporting is so poor, in most cases just wrong inaccurate and misleading. You need to go back to journalism school and talk to mama about personal ethics.

  13. when reality becomes too clear for even the corporate legacy M$M NAFO propagandists to deny any longer

  14. It’s not a good day for Russians at all.
    Ukraine lost 2 armoured vehicles in the past day but Ukraine has made advances , namely having retaken Toretsk and the high ground while Russia has made advances in Kursk but Ukraine is not at risk of encirclement especially given recent military successes over the past 24-48 hours (17/03/25)

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