Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy admitted for the first time on the 10th that Ukrainian forces were on the offensive in Kursk, the Russian mainland.
“Today, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Sirsky described the situation at the front and what we did to push the war into the aggressor’s territory,” the President said. Zelensky in his regular speech tonight.
“Ukraine knows how to restore justice and will put the necessary pressure on the aggressor,” he said.
President Zelenskyy has so far refrained from directly referring to the attack on the Russian mainland.
On the 6th, Ukrainian troops advanced into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, bordering northeastern Sumy Oblast, and continued to fight for six days.
This is the first time that Ukraine has attacked the Russian mainland in two years and six months since the start of the war.
Russia said around 76,000 residents of the Kursk region were evacuated.
Russia has also launched an anti-terrorist operation, including installing checkpoints in Kursk and Belgorod and strengthening security at key facilities.
Meanwhile, on the 10th, Russia launched missile attacks on major cities, including the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Ukraine’s National Emergency Service said debris from a missile fell on a residential building near the capital, Kyiv, overnight. It is reported that a man in his 30s and his son, who was 4, died as a result, and three others were injured.
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This article refers to the news agency ‘Reuters’.
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2024-08-11 11:46:42
