Russian forces are capturing the northern part of the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, and have also made progress in the city of Sudzha. This has been facilitated by the involvement of North Korean soldiers in the clashes and the use of FPV drones equipped with fiber-optic cables,

Ukraine's General Staff has stated that the situation in Russia's Kursk Oblast remains under the control of Ukrainian forces and that reports of a large-scale Russian breakthrough of Ukraine's border in Sumy Oblast are false.

Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war.