Ukraine retains control over parts of Russia's western border region after the October deadline set by president Putin for his military expired.

Ukraine's army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Kursk front. A series of decisions were made to prevent Russia from seizing the initiative, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has provided an update on the operations of military units in Ukraine's Sumy and Russia's Kursk oblasts. Source: Syrskyi on Telegram Quote from Syrskyi: "The situation remains under our control despite all the enemy's attempts to seize the initiative.

Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

Ukraine launched more than 100 drones at several Russian regions overnight, according to Russia's Defense Ministry, as four people were injured in an apparent attack on one of Moscow's major explosives factories hundreds of miles from its western border.