I'm John Batscher with my colleague Gregory Coppley of Defense and Foreign Affairs.

The late London headlines, Ukraine ceases more land in a week than Russia managed in eight months.

And then there's a photograph of Russian prisoners said to be in the back of a Ukrainian

transport.

Ukraine has taken 74 settlements in Kursk, says President Zelensky.

Putin pulls back troops from Ukraine to defend cursed invasion, says the telegraph.

Russian propaganda accuses

Ukraine terrorists in quotes of human rights abuses. We're looking at

chaos here I I go to the Institute for the Study of War and the Ukrainian forces look to be moving very fast.

It's impossible to confirm any of this.

There are a number of villages and towns being named in Kursk Oblast, that's a province.

The Moscow has said to be reacting quickly and harshly, but so far, well we have our videos from the battle front by both sides.

Many Russians have been captured but there are videos coming from Russian forces, there

video coming from Ukraine forces.

Striking also as the Ukrainians are using some Russian equipment, their tanks, but I've seen some,

I've been told, and it's confirmed that there are some striker vehicles that's US made.

So Gregory first, what do I call this?

An incursion and invasion array to strike and what do you sense is the mission here?

Good, thank you.

Well, it's a diversionary flanking movement, first and foremost.

They, the only way that the stalemate could have been broken on the main Russia-Ukraine

front was to tackle Russia on the flanks if you, in battle as the Ukrainians have been. So they've done

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