Moscow, March 10 -- Russian forces have regained control of three settlements in the Kursk region, the Defence Ministry said Sunday.
"As a result of decisive operations, the Sever (North) Group of Forces' units liberated Malaya Loknya, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Kositsa in Kursk region," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the Russian army continues the operation to defeat the Ukrainian armed forces on the territory of Kursk region.
The three settlements are all north of the Ukraine-controlled Sudzha, an important town securing supply for its operation in Kursk.
Earlier in the day, the ministry said that it has regained control of the village of Lebedevka in Kursk, which "brings Russian military closer to Sudzha, with a lit...