NATO member says Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows just how hollow the Russian war machine is

Sweden's foreign minister has said Ukraine's attack on Kursk is "devastating for the Putin regime."

Tobias Billström said the shock offensive showed that "the Russian war machine is hollow."

Sweden became NATO's newest member when it joined the military alliance in March.

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Ukraine's invasion of Kursk has dealt a huge blow to Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia, says Sweden's foreign minister, Tobias Billström.

"The fact that this was possible in the first place is so much more important than the actual territory on the ground," Billström said in an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday.

"This is devastating for the Putin regime," he added.

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