Several Ukrainian brigades withdraw from Kursk region - media

Forbes reported the information.

"Two weeks later, it seems the bulk of the Ukrainian force—including some of the Ukrainian army’s heaviest brigades—has evacuated Kursk and repositioned on the Ukrainian side of the border," the outlet said.

"My friends managed to leave Kursk, avoiding encirclement. It’s sad that it came to this. But it is what it is," one of the Ukrainian sources told Forbes on Monday.

The outlet noted that the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region in August led to the rapid capture of hundreds of square kilometers of territory, but securing strategically advantageous positions was not successful. The advance to the north was slowed by Russian counterattacks near the village of Pogrebki, while to the east, Ukrainian forces ran into 12,000 soldiers from North Korea.

"Even as the Russians massed forces and achieved a three-to-one advantage in troops in Kursk late last year, the Ukrainians held on—deploying mines, drones and artillery to repeatedly repulse Russian mechanized assaults," the report states.

One such episode was the assault on the Russian 155th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade in mid-February. Its column, moving towards the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade under the red flag of the USSR, entered a carefully prepared "kill zone."

Some of the vehicles were destroyed by mines, while others were destroyed by drones and artillery. One of the Russian soldiers, having emerged from a damaged armored personnel carrier, took a few steps in the snow, fell, and exploded when a drone hit him.

• The OSINT project DeepState reported that the Russian army made slight advances on the Kursk front, particularly near Mirny and Zozulevka. Additionally, Russian forces are reinforcing positions in the eastern part of Sudzha.