Experts tell Andy Gregory and Tom Watling that the real question is how much Kyiv’s troops are able to inflict casualties on the Russians as the price for taking the territory back

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer.

The Ukrainian 95th airborne assault brigade released drone footage that it said showed strikes on Russian troops in Kursk region. Ukraine's top commander said Russia was aiming to retake territory it lost in the summer when Ukraine launched an incursion.

Ukrainian marines showed footage of the battle with the Russian troops. The military managed to hold the defense of positions in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Navy reports. Thus, the servicemen of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynskyi continue to destroy Russian troops.