Kyiv’s forces are advancing farther into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine’s top commander said. 

Ukraine has said that its troops have taken more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a bomber in attacks on military airfields as their cross-border advance into Russia’s Kursk region enters its second week. 

In a video published on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel, the commander of the Ukrainian military, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that assault troops advanced 1 to 2 kilometers (about a mile) further into areas of Kursk on Wednesday. 

He added that Ukrainian troops also captured more than 100 Russian soldiers.

Ukraine’s forces destroyed a Russian Su-34 jet used to launch glide bombs at Ukrainian border posts and cities, Syrskyi said.

Meanwhile, Russian authorities in Kursk region have asked people in the region’s Glushkov district to evacuate, acting governor Alexei Smirnov said late Wednesday. The district, which has a population of over 20,000, directly borders Ukraine.