Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade said on Jan. 9 that it had, together with other units, repelled a "massive" Russian assault in the embattled Kursk Oblast, releasing footage of the engagement. The report came days after Ukraine reportedly launched renewed offensive operations in Kursk Oblast,

A total of 192 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. The most intense fighting has occurred on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts, where 80 battles took place in total. Combat clashes also persist at the Kursk bridgehead held by the Armed Forces of Ukraine,

Russia has intensified attacks on the town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast and its neighbouring villages. Source: Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, press officer of the temporary military commandant's office on the territory of the Russian Federation,