Soldiers of the 8th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) have cleared Russian positions, inflicted significant losses on the Russian forces in manpower and captured important trophies during special operations in Kursk Oblast.

This represents nearly half of the skirmishes over the past day, as the military reported 218 clashes across the front.

Axe writes that Ukrainian troops pretended to retreat after a defeat, drawing the Russians into a wooded area near the village of Sverdlikove. Once the Russian forces moved in, they were struck by HIMARS.