Russian forces attempting to peel back Ukrainian control of parts of the western Russian Kursk region may be close to cutting off vital supply lines to Kyiv's troops across the border, according to new reports.

The National Intelligence Service said in a brief statement it was trying to determine exactly how many more troops North Korea has deployed to Russia. The NIS also assessed that North Korean troops were redeployed at fronts in Russia’s Kursk region in the first week of February,

A Russian drone strike on a shipping facility here killed one civilian worker early Thursday, just 18 miles from where Ukrainian forces continue to hold territory in the Kremlin’s Kursk region — despite the US pausing military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv.

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised his troops for "good results" in Kursk and lauded frontline units in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine for launching counterattacks against Russian forces.

A total of 96 combat clashes have taken place on the battlefield over the course of 5 March. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has described the situation on the Kursk and Toretsk fronts as the hottest.

The facility was reportedly used for planning attacks, including launching first-person-view (FPV) drones at Ukrainian positions. The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify these claims.

The rupture of U.S. intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, confirmed by the CIA director, involves the targeting of longer-range strikes inside Russia.

The Air Forces struck a russian command post in the Kherson Region and an enemy stronghold in the Kursk Oblast.This is stated in a message of the General Staff

Russia strikes Ukrainian military training ground during exercises, Drapatyi says Russia trying to break through border in Sumy Oblast, cut off Ukraine's Kursk logistics routes, Border Guard says Russia plans to launch 500 kamikaze drones per day at Ukraine,

We are working on all possible scenarios to protect Ukraine,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country was looking to European allies for support.

Ukraine lost 220 troops on the battlefield on the same day its president had a fiery fallout with President Donald Trump in the White House leading to the collapse of a mineral deal.