[LAUREN TAYLOR]

UKRAINE DECLARED FULL CONTROL OVER PARTS OF RUSSIA’S KURSK REGION– 10 DAYS INTO ITS SURPRISE OFFENSIVE– IN WHAT IS ITS DEEPEST BREACH INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.

UKRAINIAN FORCES ANNOUNCING THURSDAY THEY’VE SETUP A MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TO “MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER” AND “MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS” OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

THE MILITARY ALSO SAID THURSDAY IT HAD CAPTURED ANOTHER 100 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, IN ADDITION TO THE HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE ALREADY SURRENDERED, ACCORDING TO UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY. 

UKRAINE’S INTELLIGENCE SERVICE REVEALED THE SURPRISE OFFENSIVE MAY BE LARGER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. 

DESCRIBING FIGHTING IN BELGOROD AS “FIERCE.”

UKRAINIAN FORCES HAVE RUN INTO TOUGHER OBSTACLES IN BELGOROD THAN KURSK.

FACING SO-CALLED DRAGON’S TEETH BARRIERS AND TRENCHES DUG BY RUSSIAN FORCES.

BUT KYIV SAYS ITS GOAL IS NOT “TAKING OVER” RUSSIAN TERRITORY” RATHER TO PRESSURE MOSCOW INTO AGREEING TO “RESTORE PEACE.”

REPORTS INDICATE UKRAINE MAY USE CAPTURED SOLDIERS AND TERRITORY FOR FUTURE PRISONER SWAPS.

TANKS DONATED BY THE U-K WERE REPORTEDLY USED DURING UKRAINE’S INCURSION.

THE U-K MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE SPECIFIC REPORT BUT MAINTAINED UKRAINE HAS THE RIGHT TO USE U-K WEAPONS “FOR SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST ILLEGAL RUSSIAN ATTACKS.”

THE KREMLIN ALREADY ACCUSED THE WEST OF BEING BEHIND THE ATTACK ON ITS TERRITORY AND PREVIOUSLY WARNED WESTERN NATIONS NOT TO GIVE UKRAINE TANKS.

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