"The local population doesn't understand why they are being hit (by Russian forces) because the (Ukrainian) military is not even nearby," Vadym Mysnyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Operational Tactical Group Siversk,

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the Ukrainian military was able to take advantage of the situation to launch an offensive in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, despite the fact that Russia knew about this and prepared for the Ukrainian operation for months.

The Russian army likely received two ambitious and challenging tasks from the Kremlin for October: to push the AFU out of Kursk Oblast by mid-month and to advance into Ukraine’s border regions by the end of October.

Vadim Mysnyk, spokesperson for the "Siewiersk" group, announced that Ukrainian forces are providing essential supplies to residents of the Kursk region in Russia, which is currently under their control.