Russian forces, for their part, have in recent weeks stepped up efforts to eject Ukrainian troops from Kursk, when Kyiv’s forces staged a lightning incursion over the border and seized a swath of Russian territory in last August. The Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday its troops retook three villages in the Kursk region from Ukrainian forces.At least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded, including five children, in Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s eastern city of Dobropillia and a settlement in Kharkiv region overnight, the Ukrainian .The pause in U.S. military aid and intelligence may undermine Ukraine’s air defences as it runs low on advanced missiles and struggles to track attacks as effectively, what is the end goal for Russia ?

