Ukraine presses its cross-border incursion to 1,000 sq km of Russian territory
Russia has seen previous incursions into its territory, but the foray into the Kursk region marks the largest attack on its soil since World War II.
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00:00Ukraine has claimed control of more than 28 settlements in and about 1,000 sq. km. of Russian territory as Kyiv presses its biggest cross-border incursion.
00:11Army Chief Oleksandr Serebskiy says Ukraine continues to conduct the operation in the Kursk region seven days after it began.
00:20His claims were backed up by the governor of the Kursk region, who acknowledged that Ukrainian mobile groups advanced 12 km deep and 40 km wide into Russian territory.
00:31The Institute for the Study of War, ISW, says that Ukraine's operation in Kursk has allowed forces there to at least temporarily seize the battlefield initiative in one area of the front line.
00:44They say it has forced the Kremlin and Russian military command to react and redeploy forces to the sector where Ukrainian forces have launched attacks.
00:53Russia has seen previous incursions into its territory, but the foray into the Kursk region marks the largest attack on its soil since World War II.
01:03Meanwhile, local authorities say Russian forces continue to pressure Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine and that the Russian military command has not pulled back troops there.