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On August 13, local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian army has controlled 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk Oblast and is still advancing. In the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army's front line has advanced one to three kilometers.

Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army has rounded up a number of Russian prisoners of war and is ready to exchange them for captured Ukrainian soldiers, and said that Ukraine is increasing its "bargaining chips."

On August 6, Ukraine suddenly invaded Kursk Oblast in western Russia. This surprise attack allowed Ukraine to achieve the biggest battlefield gain since the war began after being at a disadvantage for several months.

Kiev and Moscow's descriptions of the situation on the front line are not entirely consistent.

Russian Defense Ministry official Major General Alaudinov said on the 13th that the Ukrainian army had stopped its offensive. The Russian Defense Ministry also said that the Russian army had repelled the Ukrainian army's attack on a village about 26-28 kilometers from the border. The Russian-appointed Kursk region governor Smirnov said on the 12th that the Ukrainian army had penetrated at least 12 kilometers into the state and controlled a 40-kilometer-wide border area, including 28 settlements.

The media was unable to independently verify the situation on the battlefield. Although Russia and Ukraine have different estimates of the number of settlements they control, this is a rare public admission by Russia that it has suffered a major setback on the battlefield. Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to give Ukraine a response.