Pro-Kremlin military bloggers reported a powerful new Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, though Kyiv had not commented on these specific reports.

Pro-Kremlin military bloggers have reported a powerful new Ukrainian offensive in Kursk.

Offensive operations now being conducted give our troops the opportunity to create additional beachheads for further situation development, if Russians don't react. In case of successful campaign, Ukraine can create a new front line along the Seym River in Kursk Oblast.

Russian forces recently advanced in western Kruglenkoye, east of Leonidovo, west of Staraya Sorochina, and northwest of Russkoye Porechnoye

Russia has deployed reinforcements — including North Korean soldiers — in the area and reportedly retook around half of the lost territory