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Ukraine鈥檚 top commander has said Kyiv鈥檚 forces now control 1,000 square kilometres of Russia鈥檚 neighbouring Kursk region as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half years of full-scale war. We get an update from Sumy, the region of Ukraine which borders Kursk, and hear from an ally of Vladimir Putin.

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