Ukrainian and Russian forces have clashed 140 times across the war zone in the past 24 hours. Russian troops focused most of their efforts on the Toretsk and Pokrovsk fronts. Ukrainian soldiers repelled 21 Russian assaults in Kursk Oblast.

While Russian military presence along the border was noted earlier, it previously lacked signs of large-scale offensive formations. “Of course, with the situation changing in neighboring Kursk Oblast,

A team of high-level Russian diplomats is visiting Pyongyang, but their mission in the North Korean capital is unknown.