Months after first incursion, Ukrainian troops are fighting inside a second Russian region

Rubble lies the main hall of a culture centre damaged by a missile attack, by what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Rylsk in the Kursk region, Russia, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

(Reuters) -Just as Ukrainian forces are losing their grip on the pocket of Russia's Kursk region they captured last year, they have staged a so-far little-publicised incursion into the adjacent Belgorod region, according to Russian military bloggers.

Several Russian military correspondents said on Friday that Ukrainian troops were inside Belgorod and fighting battles with Russian forces there.