The Ukrainian Defense Forces have advanced again in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and taken control of two more settlements, as well as replenished the exchange fund.
One of the tasks of the Defense Forces' operation in Kursk region is to show the world who Putin is and what is more important to him - holding the occupied territories or protecting his population.
It is more important for Russian forces and Russia's leadership to continue the offensive on the Pokrovsk axis in the Donetsk region than to stop Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region.
Ukraine's well-planned offensive operation in the Kursk region is clearly an attempt by Ukraine to get out of the war of attrition that Russia imposed on it in the Donbas and seize the initiative on the battlefield.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine's operation in Russia's Kursk region is absolutely fair and that Ukraine is returning the war to where Russia brought it to Ukrainian land.
Russia’s FSB domestic security agency initiated a criminal case targeting in absentia a CNN journalist and Ukrainian correspondents from the Hromadske outlet who filmed reports in the Sudzha district of Kursk region amid the raid by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
While preparing for an operation in Russia's Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to achieve an unprecedented success by creating a large zone protected from drones.
Soldiers of the 80th Separate Air Assault Galician Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured the latest Russian T-90M "Proryv" tank during a raid in the Kursk region.
The operation of the Ukrainian Defence Forces in the Kursk region illustrates how Ukrainians can use manoeuvre warfare to compensate for Russia's superiority in manpower and equipment.
The operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Russia’s Kursk region is unfolding exactly as planned, and Ukrainian defenders are reinforcing their positions there.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported to President Volodymyr Zelensky on the reinforcement of Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region and the expansion of the stabilized area.
The Kremlin and the Russian military command are creating a complicated, and so far, ineffective command and control structure for the Russian response to the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region.
Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk shared footage showing Ukrainian pilots hitting enemy strongholds, logistics centers and supply routes in the Kursk sector.
The successful offensive operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Russia’s Kursk region demonstrates that Western allies have underestimated Ukraine's military potential.