In an interview with French newspaper Le Parisien, Ukraine's president said they do not have the strength to retake the territories occupied by Russia. He said there is one option remaining.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russia had begun deploying North Korean soldiers to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region. Zelenskyy spoke after Russian authorities said their firefighters were battling a blaze in the western Oryol region caused by a drone attack,