Ukrainian forces retake 6,000sq km of their homeland - and thousands of Russian prisoners of war

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Ukrainian troops made more gains on Monday, pushing all the way to the northeastern border in some places

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A spokesperson for Ukrainian military intelligence said Russian troops were surrendering.

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Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich did not specify the number of Russian prisoners

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Ukrainian forces retake 6,000sq km of their homeland - and thousands of Russian prisoners of war

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but said the POWs would be exchanged for Ukrainian soldiers held by Moscow.

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Ukraine has claimed major territorial gains since the beginning of the month,

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much of that progress believed to be in the Kharkiv region.

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