A total of 125 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield since the beginning of the day on 8 February. In particular, Russians mounted 52 attacks on the Pokrovsk front and 28 attacks in Russia’s Kursk Oblast,

Russian sources claim that Moscow’s forces have temporarily halted Ukraine’s advance southeast of Sudzha, though they admit that Ukrainian troops still hold positions near Cherkaska Konopelka, Fanasiivka,

"You will see what conditions the Russians will have for Ukraine regarding the Kursk direction when we reach a diplomatic settlement of the war's end. This was a crucial step," Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb.

Ukraine’s defence forces killed 20 Russian and North Korean officers in a strike on a Russian command post in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast in early February. Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine,

Before advancing 2.5 kilometers, our forces hit their command post, killing a large number of officers. I was told that 20 officers died, including senior North Korean and Russian officers,” Zelenskyy stated.

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