Ukrainian forces have launched a new series of battalion-sized mechanized attacks in Kursk region and have advanced to five kilometers behind Russian lines southeast of Sudzha.
This was noted in its daily analysis by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the elite Russian airborne and marine formations defending the Kursk region, emphasizing the fact that the Ukrainian incursion took place in the Kursk region against units of the Russian army. The intervention of elite units, however, helped stop Kiev's attack.
Ukrainian officials have provided further details about Ukraine's operation in the Kursk region, which has been unfolding for the past six months.
A Russian state survey suggests that Russians maintain high levels of support for the war in Ukraine despite growing challenges.
North Korea appears to be using its alliance with Russia to use the war in Ukraine as a training ground to improve its missile technology and broader military capabilities.
On the night of February 5-6, Ukrainian forces struck an air base in Krasnodar Krai as part of an ongoing campaign to strike Russian defense-industrial enterprises and oil refineries.
Ukraine's Western partners continue to provide it with military assistance.
On February 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Deputy Transport Minister Dmitry Bakanov replaces Yuri Borisov as head of the Russian state space agency "Roscosmos".
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Kursk region and regained lost positions near Kurakhovo.
Russian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk, Chasov Yar, and Kurakhovo.
Russian authorities continue to make efforts to increase social benefits for Russian military personnel, likely to support ongoing recruitment efforts.