Analysts say Ukraine’s Defense Forces made gains southeast of Koreniv in Russia's Kursk Oblast, particularly in the eastern part of Novoivanivka. Russian troops may have moved forward near Mala Loknia and Martynivka,

Russia is changing the rules for payments made to soldiers wounded in the war on Ukraine as the costs of the invasion pile up.

Russian troops, including soldiers disguised as Ukrainians, briefly broke through the frontlines in the northeast, a sign that Moscow is successfully pressuring Kyiv. Four waves of Kremlin fighters descended on the re-conquered city of Kupiansk on Wednesday,