The Russian army continues its offensive in the Kursk region. According to the latest updates, the buffer zone controlled by Ukraine's Defense Forces has once again shrunk, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.

Estonian Intelligence has confirmed that Ukraine is gradually withdrawing its military contingent from Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It has also talked about the situation on the Donetsk front. Source: ERR quoting Deputy Chief of Estonian Intelligence Janek Kesselmann,

President Zelenskiy said his troops in Kursk were not surrounded, but said there might be a new Russian attack on Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region.