Ukraine says its troops are advancing deeper into Russia
Ukraine strikes Russian regions with missiles and drones, advancing deep into Russia in major incursion, which White House says posing a dilemma for Putin.
Ukraine said on Wednesday its forces had advanced further into Russia’s Kursk region in the biggest foreign incursion into Russia since World War Two, posing a dilemma for President Vladimir Putin according to U.S. President 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 aimed at gaining a stronger hand in possible future cease-fire talks.
Ukraine has carved out a slice of the Russian border region of Kursk and though Putin said the Russian army would push out the Ukrainian troops, more than a week of intense battles have so far failed to oust them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s forces were continuing to gain ground in the Kursk region and that they had taken another one to two kilometers on Wednesday.
“We continue to advance further in the Kursk region,” Zelenskyy wrote in a statement on Telegram, “from one to two kilometers in various areas since the start of the day. And more than 100 Russian prisoners of war in the same period.”
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