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Ukraine says it controls 100 Russian settlements after three-week incursion. Ukraine says it now controls 100 Russian settlements & 1,294 sq k/m  of Russian territory (500 square miles)

The incursion into the Kursk region began three weeks ago - last week, President Zelensky said Ukraine controlled more than 1,250 sq km of Russian territory. Ukraine's commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi also says Ukraine has captured 594 Russian soldiers

Earlier, Russia launched another wave of strikes on Ukraine, with four people killed, a day after one of its biggest air attacks of the war. Zelensky says Kyiv will "undoubtedly respond to Russia for this and all other attacks"

A lightening offensive into Russian territory - the deepest into Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. The surprise move is said to have involved 10,000 elite Ukrainian troops, and took ground quickly. But the pace of the advance has since slowed.

Kyiv's top military commander says Ukrainian troops now control 1,294 sq km (500 sq miles) of Russian territory and 100 settlements in the Kursk region - a larger area than Russia has gained in Ukraine so far this year. He also says the advance is continuing, and around 594 Russian servicemen have been captured there. Ukraine has previously said it has no intention of holding onto the territory and that one motivation for the incursion is to distract Russia's forces away from their own offensive in eastern Ukraine, which is continuing.

Russia has vowed to respond - the nature of that has not been specified, but the last two days have seen an increase in aerial attacks on Ukraine.
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