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It has penetrated more than 12 kilometers into Russian territory, controlled 28 settlements and more than 2,000 residents... On August 12, local time, Smirnov, acting governor of Russia's Kursk Oblast, publicly discussed for the first time the specific scale of the "difficult situation" in the region during a video call with President Vladimir Putin.

On August 6, the Ukrainian army crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border and attacked the small town of Suja in Kursk Oblast and surrounding settlements. Both Russia and Ukraine confirmed that this was an offensive of brigade size or above. This also means that this operation was not a small-scale harassment of the border by Ukrainian special forces and paramilitary groups before, but the first large-scale ground offensive launched by the Ukrainian army against the Russian mainland since the Russian army launched the "special military operation" on February 24, 2022.

After a week of fighting, Ukrainian Army Commander-in-Chief Silsky said on the evening of August 12 that the Ukrainian army had controlled about 1,000 square kilometers of land in Kursk Oblast. The Ukrainian army did not quickly attack the main cities or nuclear power plants in Kursk Oblast as some analysts initially expected, but instead tried to seize the initiative on the battlefield within a controllable range. On the other hand, Russian Chief of General Staff Gerasimov vowed on August 7 to "completely defeat the enemy and return to the border." However, after about a week of counterattack, it has not been able to restore effective control over the border area.