3,000 evacuated from Russia's Kursk region as Ukrainian incursion continues

Kyiv hopes that the surprise incursion into Russia, which started on August 6, will change the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict.

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00:00More than 3,000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours from areas in Russia's

00:07western Kursk region affected by the ongoing incursion of the Ukrainian army.

00:14The Russian emergency ministry said on Saturday that more than 10,000 local residents were

00:19staying at temporary accommodation centers in other parts of the country.

00:25The Ukrainian military push into Kursk has seen Kiev's forces seize several villages,

00:30take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.

00:37It's the largest attack on Russia since World War II.

00:42Kiev hopes that the surprise incursion into Russia, which started on August 6, will change

00:47the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict.

00:51But Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that the aim of the operation isn't to occupy

00:55Russia but to force Moscow to negotiate peace on Kiev's terms.