Russian forces have seized Sudzha in the Kursk region and are engaged in combat with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in border villages of the Sumy region. The Russian army may attempt to create a buffer zone near the Russian-Ukrainian border,

Amid Russia’s rapid advance in its western Kursk region, Ukrainian troops have fully withdrawn from Sudzha — the only city they held there. Analysts say Ukraine is conducting an organized retreat and Russian forces are reclaiming territory with little to no resistance.

Russian units from the North group of forces have actually completed the liberation of the district center of the Kursk region of the city of Sudzha from the enemy.

The battle for Sudzha is ongoing, and reports of its capture by Russian forces are false, stated Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation. According to Kovalenko, fighting continues in Russia’s Kursk region,

The Ukrainian military operation in the Kursk region, ongoing since August 2024, is coming to an end. Ukrainian forces are retreating, and the Russians are taking control of the region. As reported by Reuters,