The publication noted that Ukraine’s months-long campaign to seize and hold Russian territory, which began in August 2024, appears to be nearing its end. According to Pasi Paroinen, a military analyst with Finland’s Black Bird Group,

Estonian Intelligence has confirmed that Ukraine is gradually withdrawing its military contingent from Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It has also talked about the situation on the Donetsk front. Source: ERR quoting Deputy Chief of Estonian Intelligence Janek Kesselmann,

A Russian service member walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Sudzha, which was recently retaken by Russia's armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, in this still image from video released March 15, 2025. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS