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,

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

Moscow said Thursday that Ukraine's army had launched a fresh offensive in the Russian Kursk border region, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Kyiv troops fighting on Russian soil.

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

Ukraine has said it had captured more than 900 Russian troops over six months of fighting in the western Russian Kursk region.