Ukraine’s taken more ground, POWs in Russia: Zelenskyy

Ukraine said on Wednesday its forces had advanced further into Russia’s Kursk region in the biggest foreign incursion into Russia since WWII, posing a dilemma for Prez Putin according to US Prez Joe Biden.

Thousands of Ukrainian troops rammed through the Russian border in the early hours of Aug 6 into Russia’s western Kursk region in what Putin called a major provocation. Ukraine has carved out a slice of the Russian border region of Kursk.

Ukrainian Prez Zelensky wrote in a statement on Telegram, “We continue to advance further in the Kursk region. From one to two kilometres in various areas since the start of the day. And more than 100 Russian prisoners of war in the same period.” The commander of the Ukrainian military General Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that the Ukrainian forces have advanced into 1,000 sq km of the Kursk region.

Russia’s defence ministry said 117 Ukrainian drones had been shot down within its territory overnight, mostly in the Kursk, Voronezh, Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod regions. The Ukrainian drone attack included strikes on four Russian military airfields in an attempt to undermine Russia’s ability to attack.