This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm poor Moss and in the early hours of Wednesday the 28th of August,

these are our main stories.

Vladimir Zellensky says Ukraine's expanding incursion into Russia's Kursk region

is part of a victory plan that he'll soon present to President Biden.

Israeli commandos have freed one of the hostages held in Gaza.

Our correspondent in Jerusalem gives us the details.

And US officials say a tanker that's ablaze in the Red Sea

appears to be leaking oil after it was attacked by Huthi fighters. in the could compare it to maple syrup. This you could put on your toast. This is very sweet.

We visit a laboratory in Switzerland where they're working on a new way to make chocolate. It was perhaps a surprising day for Vladimir Zelensky to talk about victory.

Ukraine had suffered a second night of drone and missile attacks, while Russian troops in

the Dombas continued to move closer to capturing the strategically important town of Povrosk.

But on the positive side for Ukraine, there is of course the fact that their forces

still occupy a chunk of Russian territory and what President Zelensky said was

that this would form the key part of a victory plan he wants to put to the United States.

The operation in the Kursk region is a part of the plan about which I'll be talking with President Biden.

The main point of this plan is to force Russia to end the war, and I really want it to

end on fair terms for Ukraine. If the plan is accepted and delivered, which is also very

important, then we believe that our main aim will be reached.

Earlier Mr. Zelensky's military chief Alexander Sersky said Ukraine now controlled 100

settlements in Kursk.

Our reporter Nick Beak is in the Sumi region close to the border and has been hearing more about what the Ukrainians hope to achieve through

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