Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Friday that Kyiv’s forces were advancing between one and three kilometres in some areas in the Kursk region, 11 days since beginning an incursion into Russia. Kyiv has claimed to have taken control of 82 settlements over an area of 1,150 square kilometres (444 square miles) in the region since Aug. 6. Ukraine’s foreign ministry put the figure as exceeding what Russia has advanced in Ukraine this year. Briefing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy via video link, Syrskyi reported fighting in the area of MalayaLoknya, about 11.5 kilometres from the Ukraini…