Moscow’s forces attempt to create a active battle zone in the northeast Ukrainian district Summyopposite the Russian region of Kursk, as a spokesman for the Ukrainian border said.

Russian forces intensified pressure on Ukrainian troops holding parts of the region Kursk seven months after her cross -border attack that has partially launched Kiev to obtain a negotiating paper in possible peace negotiations.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski He is going to Saudi Arabia today ahead of talks between Ukrainian and US officials on the end of the war with Russia.

“We have recorded that in the direction of Novenke, the enemy is still trying to create a zone of active hostilities in Ukraine, trying to get there,” Borderflow spokesman Andriy Demchenko said on public Ukrainian television.

“These are small groups of attack, but such groups of several people are trying to enter our territory in order to gather and later move deeper into Ukraine, among other things, more likely to halt the lines of administrative care.”

Border guys repelled attacks using artillery and other means to prevent the concentration of forces and any expanding the active hostility zoneDemchenko said.

Ukrainian Army General Staff said today that Ukrainian forces they rejected 27 attacks of Russian forces in the district Kursk the previous one.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said yesterday, Sunday, that its forces regained three other settlements in the Kursk region, amid information from special and military bloggers that the Ukrainian forces are facing a threat of encirclement and challenges in the supply line.