Ukraine's troops advancing steadily in Russia's Kursk region, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Kyiv's forces were continuing to advance in Russia's Kursk region and that they had moved forward one to two kilometres in various directions since the start of the day.

In a video posted on his Telegram account, the Ukrainian leader was shown speaking by video link with his top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, who said Ukrainian forces had captured 100 Russian prisoners of war during the cross-border incursion on Wednesday.