19:40 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calls for the Russian Federation to comply with the imperative to ensure the "physical integrity of the nuclear power plant" in connection with military actions near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in the Russian city of Kurchatov. This is stated in a statement by the organization.
18:00 More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from the border areas of the Kursk region, a representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported during a briefing in Kursk.
16:50 More than 16,000 residents of the Kursk region have asked to be resettled from border areas. This was stated by the mayor of Kursk Igor Kutsak.
13:03 In Kursk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry is setting up a tent city for 100 people to temporarily accommodate refugees from the battlefields.
09:37 A video has appeared on social networks in which Ukrainian soldiers claim that they have entered the village of Poroz in the Belgorod region.
09:23 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russia does not want to redeploy troops to the Kursk region in order not to disrupt the offensive. According to analysts, to counter the offensive in the Kursk region, the Russian military command is relying on existing units deployed in the border area and on easily accessible forces in the rear, most of which are units staffed by conscripts and irregulars.
According to ISW, the Russian military command has transferred forces from unspecified operational reserves, additional units staffed by conscripts, special forces, special operations forces, additional Chechen special forces Akhmat, as well as the 1st Army Corps of the "DPR" and former Wagner Group servicemen to areas of the Kursk region.
09:12 Russian media write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have entered the village of Plekhovo in the Kursk region.
08:59 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called for "maximum deterrence" amid military activity near the Kursk NPP. He recalled several nuclear safety principles that were established for the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP. According to Grossi, they can also be applied to the Kursk NPP.
07:17 The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 32 UAVs at night, 26 of which were over the Kursk region and six over the Yaroslavl region.
06:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the column of Russian equipment that was destroyed in the Kursk region could have consisted of 14 covered Ural and KAMAZ trucks transporting Russian reserves. The burned column of Russian equipment was recorded along the 38K-017 highway. It was hit east of Rylsk near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region, experts note.
Citing Russian sources, ISW reports that the convoy could have been transporting personnel from the 44th Army Corps of the Northern Group of Russian Forces (Leningrad Military District) or the Pyatnashka Brigade.
06:26 If Russian troops advance at the same speed as in other directions, they will need a year to recapture the lost territories in the Kursk region, writes The Washington Post. The publication notes that the sudden breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is the most serious challenge for Putin since the Wagner rebellion. Kiev's successes raise the morale of Ukrainian troops and civilians and at the same time hit the reputation of the Russian authorities and military hard.
According to the publication, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already occupied more than 20 Russian border villages and at least one city in part, and are now advancing toward the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. The article notes that Ukrainian brigades will have time to dig in at fortified positions, which could potentially give Kyiv a powerful trump card in the event of an upcoming ceasefire or peace talks.
02:33 The monitoring Telegram channel Nikolaevsky Vanek writes that in addition to reserves, conscripts and "some units that have never fought", operational reserves are moving or will be moving to the Kursk region from the following directions:
Kherson (two paratrooper battalions);
Zaporizhzhya (38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade);
Kupyanskoye (several battalions of a motorized rifle regiment);
Kharkov (separate battalions of the 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 79th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, and 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade were spotted);
Belgorod (from the Graivonsky district they are taking away about a company of one of the separate motorized rifle brigades, they also took away one of the motorized rifle regiments that attacked the settlement of Sotnitsky Kazachok);
Pokrovskoe (the 810th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, which recently arrived from the Kherson direction, several assault infantry battalions);
Lugansk (Kadyrovites).
The public also reports that some such enemy movements, in particular in the Kupyansk direction, were recorded, and successful strikes were carried out at the moment of their movement.
01:51 A counter-terrorist operation regime has been introduced in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation "in connection with the increase in the level of sabotage and terrorist threats from Ukraine," the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation reported. In connection with the CTO regime, additional measures are being taken in the three regions "to ensure security, maintain law and order and strengthen the protection of facilities." The NAC added that Kiev has made "an unprecedented attempt to destabilize the situation" in a number of Russian regions.
00:20 Photos of a destroyed column of Russian military equipment in the Kursk region of Russia have appeared online. Some of the military trucks are completely burnt out, some are heavily damaged by submunitions or debris: