Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces encircled elements of the Russian 18th Motorized Rifle Division (11th Army Corps, Leningrad Military District) in Malaya Loknya (north of Sudzha), and elements of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade or 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment broke through the Ukrainian encirclement.
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Ukrainian forces encircled elements of the Russian 18th Motorized Rifle Division in Malaya Loknya
Ukrainian Defense Forces have advanced again in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and taken control of two more settlements
Progress of 1-3 kilometers made in Kursk region
Active actions are underway in one more settlement
While Moscow seems to have redeployed some troops to Kursk Oblast, it hasn't been enough to significantly impact the Donbas front line
Modified Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles were said to have struck a Russian base in the Kursk region this week.
Russian forces built a pontoon bridge across the Seym River in Glushkovsky district
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