Ukraine's stunning incursion into Russia is playing out in online videos

The line of camo-clad men lying face down in the dirt track with their hands behind their backs is so long the camera has to zoom out and pan left.

The line of camo-clad men lying face down in the dirt track with their hands behind their backs is so long the camera has to zoom out and pan left.

The video, circulated widely on social media from an array of official and unofficial accounts, purportedly shows more than 100 Russian soldiers being taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces in Kursk this week.

The date or circumstances in which the footage was shot could not be independently verified. But it’s one of many emerging that are helping to paint a picture, from one side at least, of Ukraine’s stunning incursion into Russia.

The assault that turned the war on its head was made possible by surprise and secrecy — a buildup of troops and equipment that caught the Kremlin off guard — with its early promise shrouded in the fog of war and a vacuum of information left by tightlipped official sources.

An image released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows Ukrainian armored vehicles in Russia's Kursk region on Monday.Russian Defence Ministry / AFP - Getty ImagesBut as Ukrainian forces push deeper into Russia, the operation has been amplified by a wave of visuals that have offered a glimpse of developments from the new battlefield: troops raising the Ukrainian flag over border villages, military vehicles rolling down Russian streets and scores of prisoners of war seemingly captured.

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