内容摘要：The government's plans to release some prisoners in England and Wales early is the lead in the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.

The government's plans to release some prisoners in England and Wales early is the lead in the Daily Mail and the Daily Express.

Research by BBC Verify showed the training camp was targeted in the far north of the Sumy region, some way south of the Russian border.The attack comes as a heavy blow to the Ukrainian military, and the National Guard said it had previously developed an "algorithm of actions" as well as orders to deal with the threat of air strikes and people gathered in one place.

Ukraine's general staff said this week that it had thwarted Russia's bid to establish a "security zone" in Sumy region, and argued that its Kursk operation had "strategic significance", forcing Russia to divert its "most capable units" to tackle the offensive.The Kremlin also sent thousands of North Koreans soldiers to the region in a bid to recapture the area.However, last week a battalion commander called Oleksandr Shyrshyn was quoted as criticising the "moronic tasks" set by the military leadership as well as unjustified losses.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has since annexed four eastern regions of Ukraine's sovereign territory, including large areas that remain under Ukrainian control.Ukraine's Kursk offensive has not succeeded in halting Russia's push to capture more territory in the east, although its advance along the front lines has been very slow.

Ukrainian forces on the eastern flanks say Russia launched 14 attacks overnight towards Druzhba, Petrivka, and Toretsk.

A Ukrainian soldier close to the eastern city of Pokrovsk told the BBC that there has been a major push by Russian forces there too.The 27-year-old soldier still views the Kursk offensive as broadly successful. Artem says it forced Russia to divert its forces from the east. Most of Ukraine's troops still managed to escape in time – even if for many it was on foot.

But he believes Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russian territory, launched last August, was too deep and too narrow - relying on just one main road for supplies and reinforcements.While Artem and his men were fleeing for their lives, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were talking by phone about trying to bring the war to an end. Artem says he finds that "absurd".

"To me these calls between Trump and Putin are just surreal," he says. "Trump wants to end the war because he promised to do it - and Putin wants to deceive Trump to continue his war. I can't take their conversations seriously."Artem, whose home is in the now Russian-occupied Luhansk region, tells me he feels disappointed with the US and Trump. "What can I feel when they just want to give away my home?"