Ukrainian Pivnich (Northern) operational command spokesperson Vadym Mysnyk said on Saturday that Russia has increased its troop deployment in Kursk Oblast from 11,000 personnel before the incursion in August to an estimated 30,000 to 45,000 now.

The soldiers referred to this strike as “payback” for the Poltava Telecommunications Institute. “Bring us more conscripts and paratroopers. We are watching all of you,” Khorne Group commented on the attack on the enemy’s temporary base.

The Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur explains the top stories of the week, from the controversy surrounding the "Russians at War" documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival to Russia’s counteroffensive in Kursk Oblast.