Putin Tastes His Own Medicine As Ukraine Gains Russian Territory

This is the moment a convoy of Ukrainian tanks rumble into Russia as Vladimir Putin’s troops put up the white flag on their own turf.

Footage shows a beefed-up Ukrainian advance into Kursk, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers and a UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle.

Separately, Moscow has shown how it uses Ka-52 attack helicopters to target Ukrainian forces inside Russia’s Kursk region after crossing the border in a surprise push.

Video shows the Russian operation to “destroy” Ukrainian forces after the incursion.

Fighting was underway in Kruglenkoye and Kazachya Lokna settlements.

Lyubimivka, Tolsty Lug, Snagost were all shelled.

In Novoivanovka, the Ukrainians took prisoners, say reports.

Previous footage showed dozens of soldiers submitting to Ukrainian forces as Russian positions in Nikolayevo-Darino and Oleshnya were raided amid intense cross-border offensive.

Geolocated footage published by Ukraine Map shows dozens of men claimed to be Russians.

Russian prisoners of war are seen in Ukrainian hands in a further humiliation for Putin.

The surrendered soldiers and FSB border guards are shown on video after capture in the Kursk region.

Some reports said Ukraine had detained as many as 300 Russian servicemen in total, and that Kyiv’s forces have penetrated almost 20 miles inside Putin’s country, with fighting around the town of Korenevo.

This contradicts Russian military chief Valery Gerasimov who said that the incursion by 1,000 Ukrainian troops had been halted.

Among those held are Russia’s 225th Assault Brigade, shown in footage with their hands bound, sitting on a road after reportedly giving up their weapons.

Another clip claimed to show captive Russian soldiers walking in a line and escorted by their new Ukrainian guards.

Many more were seen leaving their strongholds as Kyiv’s forces breached their territories deep inside Russia.

A local state of emergency was introduced in Kursk on Wednesday evening – 36 hours after Ukrainian soldiers, tanks and armoured vehicles stormed into the western border region.

Several thousand were evacuated from the area amid Kyiv’s banging offensive, reports claim.

Ukrainians also evacuated some 6,000 people from the Sumy region, just across the border from Kursk.

Valery Gerasimov, chief of Russia’s General Staff, said some 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been involved in the attack – and it was led by Kyiv’s 22nd mechanised brigade.

Ukrainian humvees, armoured personal carriers, and hundreds of soldiers smashed their way across the border into the Kursk region of Russia on Tuesday.

One blog claimed Ukrainian troops had reached 15km inside the country as Putin struggled to contain the unprecedented incursion.

Ukraine’s objectives have not been spelled out but the Russians fear an aim could be to reach Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, a major Russian strategic asset.

Thousands of Russians are evacuating the region amid complaints that Putin’s armed and security forces have failed to protect them.

The town of Sudzha is under partial Ukrainian control and almost ringed by its forces.

A close Putin crony, ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, today lashed out at Ukraine for the incursion – which shocked Moscow – and demanded Russia respond by crushing Ukraine.

Telegram channels with links to Russia’s Defence Ministry said Ukrainian forces captured the villages of Nikolaevo-Darino, Sverdlikovo and Oleshnya – and have secured strong footholds in these border areas.

The farthest village claimed to have been captured is some four kilometres inside Russia from the international border.

Other reports claim Ukrainian troops have also advanced into Gogolevka and Goncharovka inside Russia.

Ukraine has yet to comment on these major advances.

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