Ukraine claims to have occupied hundreds of square miles of Russian territory

Rob Beschizza

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Ukraine's border raid into Russia embarrassed and compromised Vladimir Putin. A week in, there seems to be no serious effort yet to dislodge the interlopers, who now occupy hundreds of square miles of the Kursk region. Ukraine's prime minister compared this Kursk to the sunk submarine of the same name—two disasters bracketing Putin…