Ukrainian units are not currently under threat of encirclement in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on March 10. Syrskyi's statement follows reports on Russian and North Korean troops launching an attack on the Ukrainian-held town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast.

Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov (R) inspects troops involved in Russia-Ukraine conflict, in a location given as Kursk Region, Russia, in this still image taken from video released.