The first new VVER-TOI power unit at the Kursk II nuclear power plant in Russia has been connected to the grid and reached a capacity of 240 MW on 31 December. (Image: Rosatom) The power unit's ...

The Battle of Kursk is often viewed as a decisive Soviet victory, but new evidence suggests that Germany may have been closer to breaking through than previously believed. This episode revisits the ...

KURSK, Russia — Antonina and Anatoly Loginov squinted in the bright dawn light as they emerged from the basement where they’d been holed up for weeks. They took in the shattered moonscape of their ...

The Battle of Kursk occurred in July 1943 around the Soviet city of Kursk in western Russia, as Germany launched Operation Citadel, Hitler’s response to his devastating defeat by the Soviet Red Army ...

A fire broke out at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia after Russian military forces shot down a Ukrainian drone flying near the plant, the press service of the plant said. The drone -- one of ...

Russia’s transport minister, who also previously served as governor of the Kursk region ahead of Ukraine’s 2024 incursion, was found dead just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s helicopter came under fire from Ukrainian drones during his visit to the contested Kursk region last week, the Kremlin has admitted. Yury Dashkin, commander of an ...

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin visited the ...

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area, the Kremlin said Wednesday. The Russian military had ...

Nearly nine months after losing chunks of the Kursk region to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the border territory. Ukraine denied it, saying the ...

“As of March 2025, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) forces had highly likely sustained over 5,000 casualties in offensive combat operations against Ukrainian forces in the Russian oblast ...

Ukraine had hoped to cling to the territory as a bargaining chip in peace talks. WSJ Ukraine Bureau Chief James Marson explains what the retreat means for Ukraine and Russia. Photo: Russian Defense ...