Vladimir Putin said he was not going to negotiate with Ukraine after the start of the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk region.

Putin said he was not going to negotiate with Ukraine after the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk

Russia launched a criminal investigation into CNN correspondent Nick Walsh and Ukrainian journalists Diana Butsko and Olesia Borovyk on the grounds of an 'illegal border crossing'

Russian state propaganda outlets have been instructed to play down the significance of Ukraine's incursion into Kursk and present it as a temporary 'new normal'

Russian military units in Kursk Oblast are like chickens that cannot defend against Ukrainian forces due to their 'microscopic brain' and lack of unified command system.

Roman Kostenko stated that Russian troops are unlikely to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region by October 1.

Kostenko reported that Russia is withdrawing combat units from different directions, including approximately 200 brigades from the Kramatorsk direction and 80 from the Prydniprovske direction.

Putin had ordered Russian troops to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region by October 1.