Thank you for the question, Mr. Chair.
Perhaps I'll start by providing an update militarily on what we think is happening in Kursk. Then I'll turn it over to my colleagues.
As the committee knows, on August 28 we saw Ukraine seize 1,300 square kilometres in the Kursk area. Since then, by November Ukraine had lost 40% of that. We now think it might be down to Ukraine holding about 800 square kilometres.
The last thing that's relevant militarily is that Moscow has reportedly committed 60,000 soldiers to the Kursk area to try to reseize the Kursk and reassert its border in advance of the U.S. presidential inauguration.