A total of 96 combat clashes have taken place on the battlefield over the course of 5 March. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has described the situation on the Kursk and Toretsk fronts as the hottest.

A British man who was captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine has been sentenced to 19 years in prison, a Russian court has said. James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was convicted of “mercenary activities” and a “terrorist act” after a three-day closed military trial in Kursk,

A Russian court said James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, has been jailed for 19 years after being charged with terrorist and mercenary offences and found guilty after a closed trial. Investigators accused Anderson of illegally crossing into Kursk in November as part of an armed group that committed unspecified 'criminal acts against civilians'.

Russian forces attempting to peel back Ukrainian control of parts of the western Russian Kursk region may be close to cutting off vital supply lines to Kyiv's troops across the border, according to new reports.

We are working on all possible scenarios to protect Ukraine,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country was looking to European allies for support.