Ukrainian units are not currently under threat of encirclement in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on March 10. Syrskyi's statement follows reports on Russian and North Korean troops launching an attack on the Ukrainian-held town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast.

Russia said on Thursday there was no doubt that its troops would soon complete the task of clearing out Ukrainian forces from Russia's Kursk region where they have held a pocket of territory for more than seven months.

The Russian army had the task of freeing the Kursk region from Ukrainian troops by January 20. That is why active combat operations have been observed there in recent months, states Oleksandr Musiienko,

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has stated that the situation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast remains under the control of Ukraine’s defence forces, though they require reinforcement with electronic warfare systems and drones.