Ukraine risks completely losing control of Russia's Kursk region after continued military pressure from the Kremlin. “I am not sorry for the territory [being lost], but for the lives of our best boys and girls,” says Tetyana Slesarenko, an employee of the Kyiv City Council. Kyiv seized territory in Kursk when it launched its cross-border assault into Russia last year. Ukraine now risks losing its grip on the border region entirely, ceding dozens of square kilometres in the past seven days, according to military bloggers. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES