Russian forces are actively targeting logistics routes moving from Ukraine into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, launching fire strikes on everything moving in that direction from Sumy Oblast. Source: Ukrainian military-analytical project DeepState on social media Details: DeepState reports that the most dangerous section is currently Pysarivka-Yunakivka,

President Vladimir Putin told Russian media on Feb. 18 that Russian forces had crossed into Ukrainian territory from Kursk Oblast, a claim General Staff spokesperson Dmytro Lykhovyi has dismissed as part of a disinformation campaign.

According to Sergei Rudsky, a senior Russian General Staff official, Ukrainian soldiers are in control of about 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) out of 1,268 square kilometers (490 square miles) initially seized by Kyiv.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has claimed that his troops in Kursk Oblast (Russia) had crossed into Ukrainian territory. However, Ukraine’s defence forces have denied this claim. Source: Putin, as quoted by Russian media;

The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) under the National Security and Defense Council Andrii Kovalenko confirmed that russian saboteurs

Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, or about 64% of the total taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year,

Russian invasion forces further advanced near Dachne, Zelene Pole, and Burlatske in Donetsk Oblast. In the morning briefing on Feb. 20, the General Staff stated that Ukrainian military forces halted 32 assault actions by the aggressor in the Pokrovsk sector.