Russia's military command had anticipated Ukraine’s advance into the Kursk region and had been preparing countermeasures for several months, according to a cache of documents that the Ukrainian army claims to have seized from abandoned Russian positions in the area.

Ukraine's deep strikes on Russian military targets and its three-week-old ground offensive within Russian territory seem to be producing both military and political outcomes over the past week, News.Az reports citing Al Jazeera.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has promoted his top army commander to a four-star general, his office said on Saturday, just weeks after Kyiv's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region, News.az reports citing Reuters .

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the border area on Thursday where his forces began the surprise offensive into Russia, announcing that Kyiv's military had seized another Russian village and captured additional prisoners, News.Az reports citing Global News.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the embattled frontline city of Pokrovsk remains his “top priority” – as local officials urged residents to evacuate “without delay”, warning that Russian forces were approaching the outskirts, News.Az reports citing Channel4 .

Russian authorities declared a state of emergency in a second region today as Ukrainian troops continued their major cross-border incursion into its second week, News.Az reports citing foreign media .

Ukraine kept pounding the Russian border region of Kursk with missiles and drones on Wednesday, as Kyiv said it had made further territorial gains in an incursion that U.S. President Joe Biden called a "real dilemma" for the Kremlin's leader, News.az reports citing Reuters .

On Tuesday, the State Department asserted that the US is "not engaged" in any part of Ukraine's incursion into Russia, News.Az reports citing Anadolu Agency.

A Ukrainian official reported on Tuesday that Russia has withdrawn some troops from southern Ukraine to its own territory in an effort to counter a growing incursion by Kyiv’s forces, News.Az reports citing Politico .

Russian forces are still struggling to respond to the unexpected Ukrainian attack following nearly a week of intense fighting, News.Az reports citing LBC .