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 US President Joe Biden.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky 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," Zelensky 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."
Zelensky also held a meeting on the security and humanitarian situation, where he said, "Security, humanitarian aid, creation of military administrations if necessary," he said on Telegram, posting a video of the meeting with Kyiv's top officials.