Update from Kursk Oblast:

Russian forces are continuing to clear areas of the salient, and have made signifiant progress, eliminating the pocket north of Sudzha.

Ukrainian forces fled Malaya Loknya and the surrounding areas, Russian forces advanced into the empty positions, occupying them. Some Ukrainian soldiers were surroudned in Ivashkovskii and the adjacent forest, and surrendered to Russian forces.

All in all, the villages of Ivashkovskii, Viktorovka, Nikolskii and Yuzhnii were captured, along with positions in the forests and treelines surrounding them.

+ ~63.9km² in favour of Russia.

My weekly update on frontline changes is gonna be wild

In the Komar direction, Ukrainian forces counterattacked and recaptured a series of positions near Burlatske.

Ukrainian forces advanced down two treelines, reaching the end of both of them. They also gained a foothold on the treeline parallel to the one that runs from north to south.

While these positions are on the tactical heights, Russian forces also hold positions on those same heights slightly to the southeast, meaning that they can be recaptured much easier than they otherwise would be.

That's it for frontline updates. Relatively quiet day (except for Kursk of course).

Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on a Ukrainian Buk-M1 SAM air defence system near Tokari, Sumy Oblast. It appears to have missed slightly, but the shrapnel damage will have put it out of operation.

The sky over Odesa after the Russian Geran-2 drone strikes on an industrial zone last night.

A closer view of a fire in Odesa

2 Russian Su-30SM aircraft are airborne over the Black Sea.

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister: "The world must condemn the genocide committed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other groups in Syria"

According to Al Jazeera, a deal has been reached where the Suweida military council will be incorporated into the Syrian government.

According to AFP, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) militants are holding 450 passengers hostage on the Jaffar Express railway in Pakistan. The train was also carrying Pakistani military personnel.

An Israeli drone strike targeted a car on the Deir al-Zahrani road in southern Lebanon.

Russian forces have reportedly made a break-through into central Sudzha, Kursk Oblast.

Russian soldier at the eastern entrance to Sudzha.

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