JAKARTA - Russian troops continued to advance in the Kursk region on Monday and surrounded Ukrainian forces aimed at forcing thousands of Ukrainian troops to flee or surrender in western Russia.
The progress of Russian troops threatening thousands of Ukrainian troops comes just as Ukraine prepares to hold talks with top US diplomats in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday last week.
Ukrainian troops seized about 1,300 square km (500 square miles) of Russia's Kursk territory in August in what Kyiv called an attempt to gain a bargaining position in upcoming negotiations and forced Russia to divert troops from eastern Ukraine.
But in mid-February, Russia reclaimed at least 800 square km (300 square miles) of the Kursk region and in recent days launched a massive offensive from various directions threatening to cut off Ukraine's supply lines and potential troop withdrawal routes.
Russia's war blog, the Two Majors, said Russian troops had cleared the Ivashkovsky settlement. Troops move from seven directions.
Yuri Podolyaka, a pro-Russian military blogger born in Ukraine, said she had difficulty following developments because Russia's progress was so fast.
He said Ukrainian units were stuck in several pockets in Kursk.
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"Over the past four days, Russian troops have cleared many areas of the Kursk region that they sometimes cannot clean in months," said a Russian blogger close to the defense ministry known as Rybar.
"The front section has been breached," said Rybar.
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