Ukraine abides by international humanitarian law and does not target civilians during its current incursion into Russia's western Kursk region, Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. Earlier on Monday,

Ukrainian army engineer units are overcoming enemy obstacles in the Kursk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been conducting the operation there since early August, according to the commander of the Land Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Pavliuk.

Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start,

From 70 to 120 people are being held by Ukraine’s military in town of Sudzha, according to Russian diplomat - Anadolu Ajansı

A total of 162 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the Russians continuing to actively assault the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts, where a total of 63 Russian attacks took place.

At least 31 civilians were killed, and 256 were wounded during a Ukrainian offensive in Russia's Kursk region as of September 5. Ukraine launched this major foreign attack, the largest since World War II,

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the Ukrainian military was able to take advantage of the situation to launch its operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast, despite the fact that Russia had known about and had been preparing for it for months.

According to analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Ukrainian military exploited the situation for an offensive in the Kursk region, despite Russia knowing and preparing for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operations for months.

The Russians launched five missile strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements, using six missiles and conducted 73 airstrikes, using 108 guided bombs, on Friday, 20 September. They also dropped another 25 guided bombs on their own Kursk Oblast.