Ukraine's General Staff on March 16 confirmed Ukrainian troops' withdrawal from the logistics hub of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk Oblast, days after Moscow claimed its capture. Without confirming the withdrawal with a statement,

Butusov wrote on Facebook on March 8 that Russian troops had used a gas pipeline to approach Ukrainian positions in Sudzha in Kursk Oblast. He added that the troops are being "liquidated."

Russian troops have taken control of the city of Sudzha in the Kursk Oblast and are fighting with the Ukrainian Defense Forces in border villages of the Sumy