Welcome to our latest summary of news from the war in Ukraine. 

Yesterday marked a big day for Kyiv’s forces, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy announcing his troops had captured the largest Russian town so far – Sudzha in the Kursk region.

Footage filmed in the Sumy region of Ukraine, which is close to the border with Kursk, showed Ukrainian soldiers returning from combat with a captured Russian tank. 

They also appeared to have taken a sign from a village in the Kursk region as a trophy that read “Lubimovka.”

It came after Sky News revealed British Challenger 2 tanks had been used by Ukraine during their offensive inside Russia. 

We’ll be bringing you the latest updates on the situation throughout the day but before we do, here’s a recap of the other key events from the last 24 hours: 

• Key Putin ally, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, called on Ukraine and Russia to end their conflict to avoid the war spilling into his country;
• The Russian defence ministry said it was bringing in measures to protect its Belgorod border region from Ukrainian attack;
• Satellite images obtained by Sky News showed a sudden build-up of helicopters at Kursk Airport’s military airstrip;
• Thousands more residents were evacuated from a district in Kursk as Ukrainian troops continued to advance in the region.