Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has stated that the defence forces have redeployed to more advantageous defence positions in Russia's Kursk Oblast. He had denied reports claiming that "thousands of Ukrainian servicemen have been encircled".

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The publication noted that Ukraine’s months-long campaign to seize and hold Russian territory, which began in August 2024, appears to be nearing its end. According to Pasi Paroinen, a military analyst with Finland’s Black Bird Group,