According to Syrskyi, the battle now rages on the outskirts of Sudzha and surrounding districts, with Russia attempting to push the Ukrainians out of Kursk and shift the fighting to Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts.

Intense combat operations are ongoing in Russia's Kursk region, particularly in the suburbs of Sudzha and the surrounding areas. — Ukrinform.

Ukraine's top army commander said on Wednesday that Kyiv's troops will keep operating in Russia's Kursk region as long as needed and that fighting continued in and around the town of Sudzha.