Ukraine now holds a substantial swath of Russian territory after a cross-border attack into the Kursk region took the Russian military by surprise.
NTD speaks to Andrei Illarionov, a senior analyst for Russian and European affairs at the Center for Security Policy, who casts this as “a very substantial achievement” for Ukraine. However, he says it’s still too early to tell if the incursion will be a game-changer for Russian President Vladimir Putin.