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Russians try new offensive into Ukrainian territory, trying to cut off the remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk. However, as fallen soldiers piled up along quickly became clear Russians try to launch their own incursion was too far-fetched forces is overrun by Ukrainian troops through direct assaults on the contingent as Ukraine withdrew from Kursk. However, Ukrainians had established solid fallback lines at Gogolevka and Rubanschina to secure their withdrawal, forcing the Russians into a three-day battle for the small settlement of Rubanschina, As it became clear enrmytry to overrun Ukrainians would lead to further failure, the Russians decided on an entirely different approach aimed to encircle & eliminate remaining Ukrainian contingent in Kursk and Sumy, despite the larger part of the force having already pulled back successfully. Russians decided to launch an offensive into Sumy region itself. Main Russian effort became capturing Novenke, Basivka gaining direct fire control over Sumy-Sudzha highway, remains Ukrainian supply line for efforts to northeast. Ukraine securing road would hope trap Ukrainian defenders conditions to capture @least some of withdrawing Ukrainian forces. 

However, the Russians suffered from a massive drawback; catastrophic losses sustained in Kursk severely undermined their ability to launch a follow-up offensive into Ukrainian territories. According to various estimates, Russian forces suffered up to 55,000 casualties during seven-a-half months of intense fighting plus multiple failed counteroffensive attempts in Kursk. Notably, these losses far exceed the initial deployment of 50,000 soldiers Russians had initially moved to Kursk to repulse the Ukrainian incursion, as Russians had to move an increasingly large number of reserves from other sectors of the front, amongst them even wounded soldiers, as well as rely on the North Koreans, to finally push the Ukrainians out. Ukrainian sources also report that Russians have lost up to 2,100 vehicles in Kursk, including over 750 armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and tanks, resulting in a significant deficit in the Russian forces' armored reserve at Kursk.