Ukraine has lost over 40 percent of the territory it previously gained in Russia's Kursk Oblast due to Russian counterattacks, Reuters reported on Nov. 23, citing a source in Ukraine's General Staff.

Moscow has previously pulled mercenaries into its war effort in Ukraine and now appears to be recruiting much further afield.

Ukraine has lost over 40 per cent of the territory captured in Russia’s Kursk region as Russian forced mount waves of counter assaults.

A British man is said to have been captured while fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region. In a video seen on social media, the man is dressed in army fatigues and is asked to identify himself. In another video, he has his hands tied as he is asked why he is in Russia.

Kyiv loses territory in Kursk region, Russian forces advance, Ukraine disrupts supply lines with Western missiles.

Ukraine has now lost more than 40% of the territory of Kursk Oblast, which it has controlled since August, as a result of Russian counterattacks, says a Reuters source in the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Faced with waves of counterattacks from nearly 60,000 Russian troops, Ukraine has lost more than 40% of the territory it once controlled in its August invasion of Kursk, Reuters reported, citing a member of the Ukrainian General Staff.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer.

Ukraine has lost over 40% of the territory in Russia's Kursk region that it captured in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.

Ukraine has lost over 40% of the territory in Russia's Kursk region that it seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counter-assaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.