Kursk Region, Russia. The Ukrainian army retreats from much of the Kursk salient. The Ukrainians invaded Kursk in August and quickly captured hundreds of square miles. However, they never secured a defensible foothold on the far side of the Snahist River, on the western edge of the salient. Their efforts to extend the salient north were hampered by Russian counterattacks around the village of Pogrebki. Efforts to extend east ultimately met with 12,000 North Korean troops.
