Ukraine and Russia claim new advances in Kursk region | DW News

Both Ukraine and Russia are claiming to have made new advances in the Kursk region.

Pictures released by a Ukrainian military unit claim to show the start of the incursion into Russia. Kyiv says its has taken control of Sudzha, the largest Russian town to fall to Ukraine since the cross-border operation began.

Moscow says it has recaptured one village in Kursk, and that it would send additional forces to the neighbouring Belgorod region. A Kremlin aide told state media that Ukraine would not have attacked Russian territory without direct support from the West.