According to Syrskyi, the battle now rages on the outskirts of Sudzha and surrounding districts, with Russia attempting to push the Ukrainians out of Kursk and shift the fighting to Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts.

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.

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