Russia-Ukraine war updates: Nine residential buildings destroyed in Kursk

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• Ukrainian forces have destroyed nine residential buildings in a day in Bolshoe Soldatskoe village in the border region of Kursk, according to the head of the local district.
• Russian forces have attacked energy infrastructure in northeastern Ukraine’s Sumy region, cutting power in some districts and forcing the use of backup power systems, local authorities say.
• Sixteen Ukrainian drones have been destroyed by Russian air defence systems over the border regions of Bryansk and Kursk overnight, Russia’s Defence Ministry says.
• Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ordered the military to increase troop numbers by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million active servicemen, a move that would make Russia’s army the second largest in the world after China’s.