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  • Ukraine’s final holdout in Kursk falls as Russia captures monastery

    04/23/2025 10:03:00 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 62 replies
    Yahoo News - The Telegraph ^ | April 22, 2025 | Joe Barnes
    Russia has recaptured a monastery that was one of the last remaining Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region after a fierce 10-day battle. Vladimir Putin’s forces are in control of the St Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in the border village of Gornal, around a mile from Ukraine, state media reported. It had been used as a base for as many as 300 Ukrainian soldiers trying to organise the defence of captured Russian territory. Moscow’s troops managed to break the Ukrainian foothold at the historic landmark after fierce fighting in the area The claimed Russian victory means Ukraine’s shock incursion into Russia’s...