Ukraine lost more than 40 percent of the Russian territories occupied in August. Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region to stop the Kyiv march. In addition, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers have arrived in Kursk region to support Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which invaded the Kursk region, were surrounded and destroyed. In addition, he noted that the Russian army continues to advance along the entire front line in Ukraine. The Ukrainian side has not yet reacted to his statements.

Russian troops recaptured about 10 settlements, said Major General Apti Alaudinov. Various sources also confirmed that Russia launched a counterattack. According to information, Russian troops advanced on an area of about 150 square kilometers.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Sirsky, announced that 1,294 square kilometers of territory and 100 residential addresses were under control in the Kursk region of Russia. Also, 594 Russian soldiers were captured.

Russia reported that a Ukrainian subversive-intelligence group tried to enter the territory of the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region. This attempt was foiled by the Russian FSB and the Armed Forces.

According to the latest information, 17 civilians were killed and more than 140 were injured in the Kursk region of Russia as a result of the attacks of the armed forces of Ukraine. 75 of the injured were hospitalized.

The Russian military command has moved a group of 5,000 soldiers from the front line in Ukraine to the Kursk region to repel the invasion of the Ukrainian army. They were returned to Russia mainly from the Donetsk region and areas of less strategic importance. Experts say that Russia needs at least 20,000 well-trained soldiers to repel Ukrainian attacks.

On the 14th, Ukrainian troops invaded the Kursk region of Russia and captured 102 Russian soldiers at once. Soldiers of the 488th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces and the "Akhmat" unit consisting of Chechens surrendered during a special operation carried out by the "intelligence department" of the Security Service of Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the operation of the Ukrainian troops in the territory of the Kursk region of Russia continues, since August 6, they have taken control of 74 residential addresses on the territory of the Russian Federation. According to the Ukrainian army, in the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have advanced from 1 kilometer to 3 kilometers in different directions.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Alexander Sirskyi, for the first time commented on the operation of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region. "Currently, 1000 square meters of the Russian Federation km. area under our control," he said.