Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region is continuing.

Russia said today that it had destroyed 117 Ukrainian drones in Russia overnight, Reuters reported. Moscow said the drones were destroyed mostly in the Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod regions, and that missiles had also been shot down.

Late yesterday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that “despite the difficult and intense battles, our forces continue to advance in the Kursk region, and our state’s ‘exchange fund’ is growing”.

The Ukrainian president added: “74 communities are under Ukrainian control, where inspections and stabilization measures are being carried out.”