Zelenskyi: The aim of the invasion of the Ukrainian forces into the Kursk region is to create a buffer zone

According to Zelensky, the main task of the Ukrainian forces now is to destroy as much of Russia’s ability to attack Ukraine. “In particular, this means the creation of a buffer zone on the aggressor’s territory, and this is our task in the Kursk region,” Zelenskyy said, according to the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper.

According to AP, Zelenskyy has so far said that the goal of the offensive into the Kursk region, which began on August 6, was to protect the residents of the border region from shelling.

Russian troops are still unable to push Ukrainian troops back across the border.

On Sunday evening, Zelenskyi also highlighted the difficult situation of Ukrainian troops in the east of the country, where they have to repel dozens of Russian attacks every day near Pokrovsk and Torecko. He also appealed to the Allies to expedite the supply of the necessary arms and ammunition. “I am primarily talking to the United States, Great Britain and France,” Zelenskyy said.

The Unian group reminded that some of the heaviest battles on the front are taking place near Pokrovsk and that Russian troops are advancing there. On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk again called for people living near the front line to evacuate.

Ukrainian forces operating in Russia’s Kursk region have destroyed a second important bridge. On the stage Telegram this was written by the head of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleshchuk. He also released a video that he says shows a detailed air strike on the bridge.

“One less bridge,” wrote Oleščuk in his post, in which he definitely did not find the bridge. But the Russian Telegram Mash channel, which has links to the Russian security forces, said it was a bridge over the Sejm River near the town of Zvannoye. Another bridge over the Sejm River was destroyed by Ukrainian forces on Friday in the Glushkov district of the Kursk region. According to the Mash channel, there is only one usable bridge left in the region. If these reports are confirmed, it will be more difficult for Russia to repel the troops trying to repel the Ukrainian offensive.

Ukraine, which has been fending off major Russian attacks since February 2022, has seized 1,150 square kilometers of Russian territory and 82 border towns, including the town of Suja, in the past two weeks. passed, according to Kiev. Russian natural gas flows through to European Union countries.