Ukraine Russia war latest: Russian fuel depot on fire as Kyiv says it controls 1,300 sq km of Kursk territory

Ukraine has taken control of 100 Russian settlements as it continued an offensive into Russia’s Kursk region , a top military commander claimed.

Ukrainian general Oleksandr Syrskyi said his troops now control 1,294 sq km (500 sq miles) of Russian territory and have taken 594 prisoners of war .

On Wednesday morning a Ukrainian drone attack set a number of oil tanks on fire at the Glubokinskaya depot in Russia’s Rostov region.

Rostov’s governor, Vasily Golubev, confirmed the attack, saying four Ukraine-launched drones were destroyed over the region.

Earlier, Russian officials claimed Ukrainian troops had attempted another cross-border attack into Belgorod , a region of Russia that borders Kursk .

Belgorod’s regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the situation on the border with Ukraine was “difficult but under control” after claiming 500 Ukrainian troops attacked two checkpoints.

The claim has not been independently verified and Kyiv has not commented. A Russian military blog said there had been no major attempts to pierce the border.