00:00Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Russian region of Kursk,
00:03pushing Moscow to retaliate with massive air strikes.
00:07The head of the military forces in Kiev, Olexandr Sirsky,
00:11announced that Ukraine is now controlling 100 localities
00:15and 1,284 square kilometers of Russian territory.
00:18According to him, more than 590 soldiers from Moscow have been captured.
00:22Expressing himself by videoconference to a Ukrainian television channel,
00:26Sirsky said that one of the objectives of the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk
00:30was to force the withdrawal of enemy troops from the eastern regions of Ukraine.
00:35And this was successfully accomplished.
00:38However, he admitted that the situation on the front of Pokrovsk remains extremely difficult.
00:45Of course, the operation in Kursk has distracted a number of forces from eastern Ukraine.
00:4930,000 troops were sent to the front of Kursk and this figure is increasing.
00:54We continue to advance and inflict significant losses on the Russian army.
00:58We are currently controlling 1,284 square kilometers of territory,
01:04which includes 100 localities.
01:06As reported by the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod,
01:10Ukrainian troops have also attacked three villages there.
01:14The incursion into Russian territory has embarrassed Moscow,
01:17which is trying to regain control in the war with a wave of air strikes.
01:22At least four people were killed and many others injured in the early hours of Tuesday,
01:28when Russia launched a rocket and drone salvo for the second consecutive night
01:33in the regions of Kyiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv and Krivye Iri.
01:38In Krivye Iri, the hometown of President Zelensky,
01:41a hotel was hit and two people lost their lives.
01:45Zelensky promised that Kyiv would respond decisively to these attacks,
01:49while announcing that they had succeeded in the first ballistic missile test produced locally.
01:54According to Ukrainian authorities,
01:5610 missiles, including hypersonics and K-31 drones, were used in the attack.
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