Ukraine says it has taken 100 more Russian soldiers in Kursk offensive

Ukraine’s intelligence service announced Thursday the capture of another 100 Russian soldiers during its 10-day-old incursion into the Kursk region, describing it as the “largest mass capture” of enemy soldiers at one time, amid talk they will be exchanged for Ukrainian captives.

A Ukrainian official said Russia has been in contact about a prisoner swap — something it had promised to discontinue after the incursion into the southern Kursk region took place.

Ukraine’s stunning move into Russia — the first such attack on the nation since World War II — appears to mark a major improvement in Kyiv’s position after a summer of steady losses.

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