Ukraine has reportedly lost 40% of land it had seized in Russia's Kursk region

Over 100,000 Kursk residents were displaced after Kyiv's troops came over Russia's western border in August.

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00:00Ukraine is reportedly losing ground in the Russian province of Kursk, with the senior

00:07Ukrainian military official saying over 40% of land seized has been lost.

00:15Russia deployed tens of thousands of troops to Kursk after Kiev's forces launched their

00:20incursion, surprising Moscow two and a half years into their full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

00:28Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the situation in the region, saying the

00:33goal of Russian President Vladimir Putin was to push Kiev's troops out by January 20th

00:39of next year.

00:42Russian officials have released footage of Kursk residents returning to the area, with

00:47authorities saying more than 120,000 civilians were evacuated after Ukraine's incursion into

00:53the region in August.

00:57This past week has seen the most significant escalation in hostilities that Ukraine has

01:01witnessed and marks a new chapter in the nearly three-year war, one tinged with uncertainty

01:07and fear.