Bad news is coming, Ukraine is advancing in Kursk.

Russian media started to raise the alarm regarding the Kursk region. The Russian Armed Forces' "VDV for Honesty and Justice" resource discussed the progress of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian forces' encirclement.

"The Kursk front is leaking bad news... The Kursk region is still seeing the enemy's zone of control grow. Z-channel wrote, "Some of our units have been surrounded." He made it clear early in the morning that Russian forces needed to "retreat a little" in this area of the front.

Exactly where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have moved in the Kursk region is yet uncertain. As of right now, the Defense Forces hold around 1.3 thousand square kilometers of Russian territory. In the Glushkovsky District on the northern flank, the Russian Armed Forces are facing serious difficulties. After the Ukrainians demolished the bridges over the Seim River, an area of around 700 square kilometers was effectively surrounded. In spite of this, the Russian military headquarters is not issuing orders for troops to leave the "fire pocket."

Russia's response to the first seizure of its territory since World War II has been surprisingly gradual and low-key. Three weeks into the conflict, Russia is still having difficulty driving Ukrainian forces out of the Kursk region. It all boils down to Russian objectives and manpower. For now, it seems that the Kremlin does not have the reserves to push out Kyiv's soldiers because the majority of its military is focused on pressing offensives inside the country. President Vladimir Putin doesn't appear to consider the attack to be serious enough to justify removing soldiers from the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which is his top goal. Tatiana Stanovaya, senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, wrote: "Putin's focus is on the collapse of the Ukrainian state, which he believes will automatically render any territorial control irrelevant."
"Russia is determined to keep attacking Pokrovsk and not divert resources from Pokrovsk to Kursk," stated Nico Lange, a senior scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington. Some areas of Donetsk that are still under Ukrainian control are less fortified than Pokrovsk, which has been heavily fortified by Ukrainian forces. If Pokrovsk falls, these areas could be far more exposed to a Russian onslaught.