00:00Russia has increased the intensity of its attacks in the Kursk region, according to Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers.
00:07Some sources interpret this escalation as the beginning of a counter-offensive.
00:12Ukraine's top commander, Oleksandr Sirsky, said that Russia is aiming to reclaim territory lost during Ukraine's summer incursion into Russia's western Kursk region.
00:23On Monday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian forces are currently holding back a 50,000-strong Russian force in the area.
00:32The Ukrainian OSINT resource Deep State reported that Russian forces launched five attacks on the village of Novoye Vnivka, deploying a total of 29 military vehicles.
00:44According to Deep State analysts, at least 18 of those vehicles were destroyed, with casualties estimated to be as high as 300 dead and injured.
00:53Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that its forces have destroyed Ukrainian targets in the Kursk region.
