The General Staff added that this information is being spread by Russia for “political purposes and to pressure Ukraine and its partners.” They also noted that the situation on the front line had not significantly changed in the past 24 hours.

Information about the encirclement of Ukrainian units in the Kursk region is false. Such reports are being spread by Russian propaganda, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "Reports about the supposed encirclement of Ukrainian units by the enemy in the Kursk region are not true and are being fabricated by the Russians for