Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had rounded up Russian prisoners of war who could be swapped for captured Ukrainian fighters, expanding what he called an “exchange fund”.
Russia has withdrawn some troops from Ukraine to help reinforce the invasion of Russia near Kursk, US and Ukrainian officials have said.to date had taken control of 74 settlements in Russia’s region of Kursk and was still advancing, making gains of one to three kilometres in the past 24 hours.
As shown in the video link, the Ukrainian leader asked his top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, to develop the next “key steps” in the operation.Credit:Kyiv has disclosed few details about its plans, in stark contrast with last year’sthat was vaunted months in advance – before failing to breach well-prepared Russian defensive lines.
Russian forces have been trying to advance for months on multiple fronts in the eastern Donetsk region, taking advantage of their greater troop numbers to inch towards cities like the Kyiv-held logistics hub of Pokrovsk.
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