Ministry of Defense Russia reported that tanks arrived in the Kursk region and took up firing positions “to destroy mobile armored groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area.” Ukrainian troops, which the Russian Armed Forces are striking, are located near the following settlements: Nikolayevo-Daryino, Guevo, Lyubimovka, Zeleny Shlyakh and Sverdlikovo, Sudzhi. According to the department, Russian troops prevented an attempt to break through by mobile groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Ivashkovsky, Malaya Loknya (Sudzhansky district) and Olgovka (Korenevsky district). The ministry also reported that 26 UAVs were shot down over the region overnight.