Today, Saturday (August 10, 2024), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted for the first time that Ukrainian forces had launched an operation in the Kursk region of Russia. Zelensky stressed that his country is trying to “shift the war” to Russia, which is seeing an attack by Ukrainian forces into the Kursk region, which began on Tuesday.
Zelensky said in his daily intervention, “Today, and again, (the Chief of the Armed Forces) prepared reports on the front, about our movements and the movement of the war to the territory of the aggressor (. ..) Ukraine confirms. that he is able to put the necessary pressure on him: pressure on the attacker.”
Kiev has not yet directly commented on the military operation, but Zelensky said in his speech on Thursday afternoon, “Russia brought war to our land, and it must feel what it has done. “
Fierce battles and Moscow evacuates tens of thousands from Kursk
To counter an “unprecedented attempt at destabilization”, the Russian authorities announced Friday-Saturday night the start of “anti-terrorist operations” in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions bordering the – Ukraine.
TASS news agency reported that Artyom Sharov, the representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, said at a press conference today that since the Ukrainian forces entered, “more than 76,000 people have been temporarily evacuated (from Kursk ) to safe places.”
Russia is fighting against thousands of Ukrainian soldiers at a depth of 20 kilometers inside the Kursk region, after the largest attack by Ukraine on Russian territory since the war began in 2022.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that “the Armed Forces continue to repel the attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to cross the border,” noting that they used aircraft and artillery to hit Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that more than 76,000 people living in the Kursk region had been evacuated to “safe places” since the Ukrainian forces entered. Image from: Russian Emergencies Ministry/AP/photo alliance
The ministry released footage showing tanks firing at Ukrainian bases in the Kursk region, as well as an air strike. Yesterday, Friday, they confirmed the deployment of additional units in the border area.
The Russian army confirmed on Friday that Kiev forces had reached the city of Sodja, which has a population of 5,500 people and is located about ten kilometers from the border and includes a gas transport station that is still supplying products to Europe, especially Slovakia and Hungary through Ukraine.
The level and number of advances made by the Ukrainian forces that participated in the attack were not known.
AJM/AH (AFP, Reuters)
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2024-08-10 21:15:50
