CIA chief says Russia will pay "a heavy price" for war on Ukraine

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address Thursday that "more than a thousand square kilometers [almost 400 square miles] of our territory have been liberated since September 1."
• Vitaly Ganchev, installed by Russia as the head of the Kupiansk city administration, some 70 miles from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, called on women and children to evacuate due to "constant rocket attacks from the Armed Forces of Ukraine," CNN reports.

What he's saying: Burns said at the Billington CyberSecurity conference in Washington he would "not underestimate the capacity or the courage of the Ukrainians" fighting in northeastern Ukraine, according to CNN.

• "Russia is going to pay a very heavy price," Burns said, per VOA News.

• "Not only has the weakness of the Russian military been exposed, but there is going to be long-term damage done to the Russian economy and to generations of Russians as a result of this."

The other side: Putin said at an economic forum in the port city of Vladivostok on Wednesday that, in "the longer run," the war "will help strengthen our country both domestically and internationally," VOA News notes.

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Editor's note: This story was corrected to show Volodymyr Zelensky was talking about 400 square miles, not 621 miles.