Ukrainian forces have advanced up to five kilometres behind Russian lines in a fresh assault on the Kursk border region, footage suggests.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin praised Russia’s elite Airborne and Marine Corps units, which are engaged in combat in Kursk Oblast at a meeting with acting governor of Kursk Oblast, Alexander Khinshtein.

Days after Ukrainian troops seized part of Russia's Kursk region in a surprise attack, President Vladimir Putin told defense officials their "main objective" was to repel the invasion. Six months later,