On Friday, August 23, Ukrainian forces continued to make slight advances near Sudzha amid ongoing operations in Russia’s Kursk region, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Geolocated footage published on August 22 shows that Ukrainian forces have recently advanced further into southern Russkaya Konopelka (east of Sudzha). A Russian military blogger claimed that Ukrainian troops have also advanced north of Martynovka (northeast of Sudzha) along the Sudzha-Sukhodolovka R-200 highway. Russian sources reported conflicting accounts of fighting east of Sudzha in the areas around Sa…