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As Russia continues to reel from Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region, a pro-Kremlin analyst has warned that it could take a year before the Russian army regains control of the territory that has been lost.

With Ukraine’s military command remaining tight-lipped about their incursion into Kursk, speculation has mounted as to the reasoning behind the surprise attack.

Ukrainian authorities have revised Saturday’s casualty figures, increasing the number of those wounded in Russia’s shelling of Kharkiv to 56.

Russian forces are currently concentrating in the Sumy area, say Ukrainian sources, but while these groups are undermanned, they are expected to divert Ukrainian forces to the border area.

Overnight attacks on Russian targets in occupied Crimea and inside of Russia were the work of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the HUR military intelligence agency, Interfax-Ukraine news service reported on Friday.