The first footage has been released of a Ukrainian column trying to advance in Kursk Oblast.

I believe this is in the Berdin area.

Russian forces are apparently attacking towards the state border with Ukraine in Sumy Oblast.

It's not yet known if this is just another attack on Ukrainian-controlled Kursk Oblast, or if it's an assault directly into Sumy. I'm more inclined to believe the former as there were reports of Russian assault operations on Malaya Loknya which I reported on earlier.

Threat of Iskanders from Kursk

Confirmed to be near Malaya Loknya.

Ukrainian forces have reportedly entered the village of Novosotnitsky in Kursk Oblast.

According to reports, Ukrainian infantry landed from APCs and "began several measures to consolidate the territory". This suggests that if the report is true, Ukraine was able to take up positions here.

Heavy fighting is currently ongoing, including artillery and FPV drones.

A Russian source reported that Ukraine brought in roughly 70 soldiers into a forest in the Bolshoe Soldatskoe direction. The forest they are talking about it probably the one marked in yellow on the map.

Artillery is working on the Ukrainian troops who dispersed among the trees.

This footage is apparently the first showing a Ukrainian vehicle loss in the new Kursk offensive. It's possible that this is a couple of days old, as usually drone footage takes a while to be edited and released, but it's also possible that they rushed this one out to demonstrate that Russia is working on repelling the Ukrainian offensive.

A large Ukrainian column is spotted by a Russian drone in Kursk Oblast.

Iskander in the direction of Sumy Oblast.

Correction: Its flying to Kyiv

Moving past Kyiv

Disappeared in Zhytomyr Oblast.

Expect frequent alarms for ballistics over the next few days due to the Ukrainian offensive. Russia will be wanting to target all kinds of manpower concentrations, especially in Sumy Oblast.

At the same time as the Ukrainian Kursk offensive, Ukrainian UAVs are targeting Kursk Oblast. At least one has been shot down by Russian air defence so far.

Another Iskander in the direction of Kyiv

Disappeared too.

There has been high activity of Russian reconnaissance drones over Ukraine over the past few hours. There is currently one near Kharkiv, and another near Pavlohrad (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast).

Additionally, there were previously drones near Odesa and Chernihiv.

There is now an S-300/400 system active in Belgorod Oblast which is in air defence mode. There is a possibility of ballistic missile launches considering the reconnaissance drone near Kharkiv, but this remains unlikely at the moment.

Explosions in Pavlohrad. An Iskander Ballistic missile launched from Kursk struck the city.

It turns out that three Russian Tu-95MS aircraft were redeployed from Olenya air base in Murmansk Oblast to Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast, rather than two. The purpose was to equip with Kh-101 cruise missiles.

All three Tu-95s have now flown back to Olenya. One flew back in the morning, and the other two followed shortly afterwards.

This means that there are now at least 6 Tu-95MS aircraft at Olenya air base equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles and ready for use.

South Korea's military reported that North Korea conducted a test launch of a ballistic missile a short while ago into the East Sea.

Japan's NHK News stated that officials from the relevant ministries and agencies in Japan will gather in the management centre to assess the situation.

This launch coincides with the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to South Korea to reaffirm America's alliance with the nation amid a political crisis.