Geolocation footage confirms that Ukrainian forces advance southwest from Makhnovka, north and east from Cherkasskaya Konopelka along the 38K-028 Sudzha-Oboyan highway. The Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to establish control over the Kolmakov farmstead and Fanaseyevka.

Ukrainian forces counter-attack inside Russia's Kursk region, with Ukraine armored units breaking out of the town of Sudzha and punching through Russia's defensive line and advancing about 5 miles.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid tribute to the country’s "warriors" in the Kursk operation in an address Thursday marking the six-month anniversary of the operation in Russia. "With our active operation on Russian territory,

Ukrainian forces report significant Russian losses and capture of prisoners in their ongoing military campaign in Russia’s Kursk region.