Ukrainian forces sought to solidify their gains in newly seized Russian territory on Tuesday after capturing hundreds of Russian soldiers as Kyiv’s brazen incursion entered its second week.
The shock offensive has swiftly gained significant ground in the Kursk region, embarrassing President Vladimir Putin and lifting the spirits of a war-weary army that has been fighting on its heels for much of the past year.
Deep State, a Ukrainian analytical group that works closely with the defence ministry, said the country’s forces had “advanced in Sudzha and captured Guyevo . . . and fully entrenched themselves in Goncharovka”.
Ukrainian soldiers on Monday filmed themselves ripping down the Russian flag from an administrative building in Guyevo, about 3km inside the Kursk region.
Ukraine has also captured hundreds of Russian soldiers, according to videos published by military brigades and verified by the FT, to hold as prisoners of war who could be swapped for their own troops in…