Ukraine says its troops in Russia have progressed further and that they’ve now captured over a 100 Russian servicemen it’s the biggest foreign incursion into Russia since the second world war and today saw the extraordinary sight of a Ukrainian War correspondent reporting from inside Russia Ukraine’s incursion began just over a week ago and took Moscow by complete surprise despite claims of territorial gains Ukraine insists it’s not interested in taking over Russian territory Russia claims it stopped any further advances in a moment we’ll hear from our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg about how dangerous a moment this is for President Putin but first our Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse joins us from the sui region on the border with Russia James Rita there is something strange going on in Ukraine we’re seeing president zalinski go from describing difficult circumstances on the front line to having very choreographed public briefings he’s almost dictating proceedings his terms for peace down the line something Russia has done until this point really for the large part of its fullscale Invasion his logic is that this crossborder attack will bring peace closer but strangely it feels further away because of the intense fighting that has broken out nevertheless this operation is continuing to gain Western support most recently from European allies no border checkpoint on this Crossing to Russia just a burnt out Russian tank a different assignment for Ukrainian War reporter Natalia n this is a historic moment she tells the camera in the city of suja such a claim might be premature but Ukraine is talking up this land grab while it can it’s providing human Arian Aid and organizing evacuations there are even plans to set up military offices but on the battlefield success always comes at a cost as this injured Soldier attests fear adrenaline you realize when you enter their territory how much we have suffered how much our women and children have suffered that now it’s their turn the head of Ukraine’s Armed Forces is having even more regular meetings with the president since the beginning of today troops have advanced around 1 to 2 km in some directions after the body blow of losing territory Russia is now moving resources to try and take it back as fighter bombers Dro Glide bombs on Ukrainian forces on its own soil Kev today claimed to have shot one of them down the Su 34s are thought to be30 million each Kev is trying to change the politics of this war by shaking up the fighting itself it’s certainly done the latter James waterhous BBC News sui region it feels like Ukraine’s incursion is changing the equation and putting the Kremlin Under Pressure a brief appearance today by President Putin but no comment on the Ukrainian assault which his troops are struggling to repel the Russian military released these images claiming to show it targeting Ukrainian troops in K region Moscow blames the West too for the incursion when I started in the United States the main rule was don’t poke the bear the West what the West is doing today they are poking the bear the public sense of shock is growing I feel incredible anxiety Julia says as if my hands are tied because there is nothing I can do about this it’s frightening to see the images of people panicking Tatiana says of people being evacuated for some here what is happening in southern Russia is a wakeup call over the last 2 and a half years many Russians have tried not to notice what is happening to get on with their lives to pretend that there’s no war but with what’s happening now in Southern Russia not noticing is no longer an option especially here in KK it’s the air raid siren she says get inside fast Ukrainian soldiers haven’t reached this city but no one here knows what lies ahead tens of thousands of Russians have fled the fighting in the Border area some have taken refuge in K Vieira left home in such a rush she had no time to pack I’ve nothing but the clothes on my back she says I’m looking for something warm the Kremlin insists it will achieve its AIMS in this war Russians are wondering when Steve Rosenberg BBC News Moscow well this isn’t the first incursion into Russia’s territory by Ukraine since the war started in 2022 but it is the deepest and most sustained so far BBC verifies Olga Robinson has been looking at the latest footage emerging here at BBC verifi we have been analyzing satellite imagery and the latest footage as Ukraine continues to push further into Russian territory here’s the latest assessment from The Institute for the study of War a us-based think tank and you can see here on this map just how far Ukrainian troops have reportedly Advanced into Russia over the past week the furthest we have observed Ukrainian troops within the cus region is here more than 28 km that’s 17 mil from the border using satellite imagery we have also been able to identify five locations where Russia appears to be rapidly digging a network of trange lines and we know these are new because the structures only began to appear in the days after Ukraine crossed into the course region last Tuesday for instance take a look at this satellite imagery from uh the day when the incursion started compared with this one that was taken on the 14th of August and you can clearly see here these structures were only Built over the past week we have also geolocated this video that shows the construction of one of these trenches and you can see here the heavy machinery next to to a long stretch of piled Earth near a road not far from the ksk nuclear power plant Matthew savil a military expert with the UK based Rousy Think Tank told us that the fact that the Russians are building these trenches suggest they are concerned about further Ukrainian advances and so far Ukrainian troops are still miles away from those trenches but our team will continue to monitor for any advancements that was Olga Robinson well let’s join our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg again from Moscow and Steve we’ve seen their part of the response from Russia but what could Vladimir Putin do next well I tell you what he won’t be doing next R and that is picking up the phone and calling Kev about this senior Russian officials today said that they were putting on hold the whole idea of peace talks not that any serious negotiation had been scheduled no Vladimir Putin made clear earlier this week what his priority is to push the enemy out of Russian territory he said and he will throw resources at that in order to achieve that although what he won’t want to do is to have to redirect Russian soldiers from Eastern Ukraine but I just want to share something that happened uh early this morning I was walking past uh the Kremlin and there were some workers there setting up for a a concert or a festival or something and suddenly on a large video screen uh the Edith PF classic noret no I regret nothing started playing and echoed across Red Square it was a really surreal moment and it made me think that Vladimir Putin shows no sign of regret for his decision to invade Ukraine even though this war has now come to Russia
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