More people are being evacuated from a district in Russia’s Kursk border region after Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were continuing to push ahead into Russian territory. Listen to a Daily podcast on how Ukraine broke through Vladimir Putin’s “red line” as you scroll.
Russian detainees in Ukraine reveal Kursk reality
The Russian prisoners of war – mostly young conscripts – were grouped together in a line of cells along a dimly-lit corridor at a detention site in Ukraine.
They had been captured during a shock advance by Ukrainian troops into Russia’s Kursk region.
Sky News is not showing the detainees in compliance with international law.
But we did talk to some of them – including conscripts, aged between 19 and 21.
Ukrainian MP: Kursk invasion sends ‘very clear’ message to NATO
A Ukrainian MP has told Sky News that her country’s invasion into Russia’s Kursk region should send a “very clear message” to NATO members that Ukraine needs long-range weaponry.
Maria Mezentseva says Ukraine wants the ability to use such weapons to strike air bases and missile launch sites deep into Russian territory.
If it had this, Ms Mezentseva says, Ukraine would not have been “forced” into creating a “buffer zone” inside Russia.
Asked by Sky News what the invasion into the Kursk region had done for Ukraine, she said: “In the Kharkiv region, it became more peaceful.
“And it keeps the morale going that Russia’s army is not the second-bravest, largest, and most advanced in the world.
“This also sends a very clear message to all our allies in NATO, all our Western allies in the G7, that we really need long-range weaponry so that we would not be forced to create this buffer zone.”
The UK’s Ministry of Defence signalled last night that Ukraine was free to use weapons gifted by the UK as they continue their advances into Russia.
It said there was “no change in UK government policy” and that Ukraine has a “clear right” to use weapons for its self-defence.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-latest-invasion-incursion-war-putin-live-updates-12541713