Russian forces recapture Kursk, raising questions about US intelligence cutoff

Russian forces recaptured in a week much of the territory Ukraine had held for 7 months

A female soldier, one of 5,500 on the Ukrainian frontlines. Women’s enlistment rates have gone up by 20 percent relative to before Russia’s full scale invasion in 2022, say Ukrainian military officials (Courtesy Ukraine armed forces)

Report on week 159 of the Ukraine war, March 6 - 12. Hellenica covers the war in Ukraine on a weekly basis as a geopoliti…