Zelensky about the Kursk region: Another replenishment of the exchange fund is in the morning

President Vladimir Zelensky. OP’s photo

Ukraine continues to achieve its goals in the Kursk region of Russia; on the morning of August 19, the Defense Forces were able to capture Russian military personnel, said President Vladimir Zelensky.

Source: Zelensky inside Telegram based on the results of the report of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky

A direct speech from the President: “The CEO also reported new details of the operation in the Kursk region We are achieving our goals in the morning there is another replenishment of the exchange fund for our state.

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Details: Syrsky also mentioned the situation at the front, in particular, the “heavy battles in the direction of Pokrovsky” and “the defense of Toretsk.”

“I am grateful for all the results in the destruction of the resident.

In addition, according to the president, he and Syrsky discussed “some aspects of our missile program”.

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Background Information:

• Action in the Kursk region it started on August 6. On August 10, the fifth day of the Ukrainian army’s advance deep into Russia, President Vladimir Zelensky admitted: Ukraine has pushed the war to the land of the aggressor.
• On August 13, Syrsky reported to Zelensky that There are 74 settlements in Kursk under Ukrainian control regions of the Russian Federation.
• On the evening of August 15, Syrsky reported that since the beginning of the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced up to one and a half kilometers in some directions in the Kursk region and are already control 82 settlements of the Russian Federation.
• On August 15, Ukrainskaya Pravda sources in the SBU reported that special forces took the previous day, in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. 102 Russian soldiers were immediately captured.
• Air assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shared footage of the first hours of operation in the Kursk region RF. The video was captured clearing mines, breaking through the border, destroying enemy defense lines, aircraft operations, artillery and prisoners.
• Later, the 80th separate air assault brigade of the DShV group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine it showed the first hours since the start of the military campaign in Russia’s Kursk region – soldiers broke through the defense line, destroyed the border checkpoint and captured more than 50 soldiers.