Moscow said on Friday that its forces had recaptured another village in their drive to dislodge Ukrainian forces from their last remaining footholds inside Russia's Kursk region. The defence ministry said Russian troops had retaken Goncharovka,

Russia claimed to retake a key town in the area from Ukrainian forces. Ukraine’s top military commander has said that its forces would continue to “hold the line.”

Estonian Intelligence has confirmed that Ukraine is gradually withdrawing its military contingent from Russia's Kursk Oblast. It has also talked about the situation on the Donetsk front. Source: ERR quoting Deputy Chief of Estonian Intelligence Janek Kesselmann,