Ukrainian Forces Withdraw from Russia's Sudzha, Confirms General Staff

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a map on social media showing the complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the town of Sudzha in the Kursk region of Russia.

The General Staff map, published on 16 March, shows that Ukrainian troops are far beyond the town of Sudzha.

As early as 13 March, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated that Russian troops had taken control of Sudzha, but the Ukrainian General Staff did not officially confirm this information.

On 16 March, it reported that 19 clashes took place in the Kursk region over the past day, with the Russians conducting 34 air strikes, dropping 63 guided bombs, and firing 243 artillery rounds, including five from multiple launch rocket systems.

As early as November 2024, the Russian military launched an active offensive against Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region, involving the North Korean military. Despite repeated attempts by the Defence Forces to counterattack, the enemy was able to significantly narrow the sanitary zone on Russian territory. In late February, the Russians launched an offensive against the city of Sudzha itself.

On 15 March, military analysts from the DeepState project reported the loss of Sudzha.

As The Gaze reported, back in October 2024, it became known that several thousand North Korean soldiers had arrived in the Kursk region of Russia to take part in a counter-offensive against Ukrainian troops. According to sources, these were soldiers of an elite unit of the North Korean Army.