• Kyiv’s hold on Kursk region cut to 800 square kilometres from 1,376 at start of incursion in August, General Staff source says
  • Most of North Korean troops sent to Kursk region in support of Russia remain in training, the senior military source says
  • Russian forces make threatening advance towards Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region
  • Ukraine seeks to disrupt Russian supply lines with strikes deep inside Russia enabled by easing of curbs on use of Western-supplied missiles