Russian forces intensified their mission ‘take back Kursk’ from the Ukrainian military. Russian defence forces, in a statement, claimed it killed over 370 Ukrainian soldiers in the last 24 hours in Kursk. The Russian MoD also claimed that it inflicted heavy damage on the western weaponry used by the Ukrainian military. Meanwhile, reports suggest that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to sack defence minister Rustem Umerov and military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov.