Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview for Lb.ua that Russia increased offensive actions in Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts with a goal to establish buffer zones there.
Ukraine advanced in Russia's Kursk Oblast, while Russian forces gain ground near Donetsk Oblast's Kupiansk and Pokrovsk, adopting defensive posture north Kharkiv Oblast and increasing offensives near Vuhledar.