Ukraine now in control of 74 Kursk settlements - Zelensky

Ukraine now controls 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk border region, the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The governor of the Kursk region, where Ukraine is mounting a week-long incursion, previously said that Ukraine controls 28 settlements.

"There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine," Mr Zelensky said in his evening address.

Mr Zelensky said the incursion shows that Ukraine had proven again it is able to take the initiative.