Video evidence shows: Since the beginning of the invasion of Kursk, over 240 Russian soldiers have been captured

According to a Washington Post analysis, more than 240 Russian soldiers have been captured since the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region began.

The newspaper examined over 130 photos and videos documenting the surrender of Russian troops since the start of the offensive on August 6.

Most of the footage, taken by Ukrainian forces and later shared on social media, shows at least 247 captured Russian soldiers.

The Washington Post geolocated the videos and identified key locations, including the village of Sverdlikovo near the Ukrainian border, where 29 soldiers were captured, and the Sudzha border crossing, where another 40 soldiers were captured.

The analysis did not take into account unconfirmed videos and photos, suggesting that the actual number of captured soldiers may be higher. Ukrainian military sources also stated that the number of prisoners could be several hundred.

Footage from the Ukrainian military shows that some of the captured soldiers are conscripts.

An earlier report by the Washington Post in mid-August reported on a prison where captured Russian soldiers were being held.

According to the prison director, 320 Russian prisoners passed through the facility in the first ten days of the Ukrainian offensive. Only 20 percent of them were professional soldiers, the majority were conscripts.

On August 24, the 33rd Independence Day of Ukraine, 115 Ukrainian soldiers were released from Russian captivity and returned to their homeland.

This was the first exchange of blows since the beginning of the offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region and the 55th exchange of blows in total. During this offensive, hundreds of enemy soldiers were captured, representing one of Russia's worst defeats in the war.

During Kiev's offensive in the Kursk region, according to almost all reports, including Russian ones, hundreds of Russian soldiers were captured in fighting and through mass surrenders without a fight. The Ukrainian government is silent on operational details.

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Nevertheless, senior government officials said that the number of Russian soldiers taken into Ukrainian custody in the last ten days was several hundred.

According to unconfirmed reports from Ukrainian soldiers and media, the total number of captured Russian soldiers is usually between 1,000 and 2,000 men, with this number increasing daily.

The last time hundreds of Moscow soldiers were captured in combat was in 1996 during the First Chechen War, when guerrillas in a surprise offensive surrounded and overran dozens of Russian bases and field positions around the Chechen capital of Grozny.