Russian troops, including soldiers disguised as Ukrainians, briefly broke through the frontlines in Kupiansk along the northeast, a sign that Moscow is successfully pressuring Kyiv.

Experts tell Andy Gregory and Tom Watling that the real question is how much Kyiv’s troops are able to inflict casualties on the Russians as the price for taking the territory back

Ran by National Security and Defense Council, the CCD stated that recent Russian assaults in Kursk Oblast were repelled. CCD head Andriy Kovalenko described the situation in the region as “stable.” According to Kovalenko,