Ukrainian forces have advanced up to five kilometres behind Russian lines in a fresh assault on the Kursk border region, footage suggests.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s elite Airborne and Marine Corps units, which are engaged in combat in Kursk Oblast at a meeting with acting governor of Kursk Oblast, Alexander Khinshtein.

According to Russian military bloggers, Ukrainian forces attacked southeast of Sudzha, advancing toward the settlements of Fanaseevka and Ulanok.

Days after Ukrainian troops seized part of Russia's Kursk region in a surprise attack, President Vladimir Putin told defense officials their "main objective" was to repel the invasion. Six months later,

Videos from the Ukrainian unit tasked with interacting with the Russians in Kursk give a unique window into the 6-month-old occupation.

Last year, the Ukrainian military said its forces had captured more than 700 Russian troops during operations in the Kursk region

The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Kyiv's operation in the Kursk region has been ongoing for six months. Russia has lost nearly 40,000 soldiers there during this period. Over 16,000 have been killed,

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces repelled a Ukrainian assault on two villages in the partially occupied Kursk region in southwestern Russia. The battlefield report follows claims by pro-war military bloggers that Ukrainian troops launched an early morning offensive on the villages of Ulanok and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye,