Marcus Faber, chair of the German Bundestag defense committee, stated he sees no problems with Ukrainian forces using German-provided weapons in Russia's Kursk region, calling Ukraine's attack on Kursk completely legitimate and militarily sensible.

Whoever starts a war of aggression against their neighboring country also turns their own territory into a war zone. Ukraine's attack on Kursk is completely legitimate and makes military sense.

This forces Russia to withdraw forces from the east.

With this operation, Ukraine is proving its ability to act and showing the Russian population that their dictator's war of aggression also affects them.

Ukraine can stop Putin's war of aggression by sending the invading troops home. This has already been achieved in half of the occupied territories.

The situation is not irreversible, nothing supernatural happened... Yes, our people died, that's a fact. The enemy has entered several settlements.

Dmitry Medvedev called for Russian troops to press deeper into Ukraine as Moscow claims to have intercepted Ukrainian drones and missiles targeting the Kursk region.

International reaction to events in Kursk Oblast was calm, balanced, objective, based on understanding of international law and defensive warfare principles. Some didn't notice, others don't care, most quietly approve.

Vladimir Putin held a Security Council meeting and described events in Kursk as a provocation involving indiscriminate firing at civilian buildings.