Kyiv hopes that the surprise incursion into Russia, which started on August 6, will change the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict.
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00:00More than 3,000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours from areas in Russia's
00:07western Kursk region affected by the ongoing incursion of the Ukrainian army.
00:14The Russian emergency ministry said on Saturday that more than 10,000 local residents were
00:19staying at temporary accommodation centers in other parts of the country.
00:25The Ukrainian military push into Kursk has seen Kiev's forces seize several villages,
00:30take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.
00:37It's the largest attack on Russia since World War II.
00:42Kiev hopes that the surprise incursion into Russia, which started on August 6, will change
00:47the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict.
00:51But Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that the aim of the operation isn't to occupy
00:55Russia but to force Moscow to negotiate peace on Kiev's terms.