He was told by the head of the Russian General Staff that Kyiv's troops in the area were surrounded and faced 'systematic destruction' President Vladimir Putin has visited the western Russian region of Kursk for the first time since Ukrainian forces seized some territory in the region.

Russian troops continue their assault operations in Sumy Oblast in an attempt to push Ukrainian forces out of Russia's Kursk Oblast, but they have failed to achieve success. Source: Andrii Demchenko,