Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated publicly this night for the primary time that Ukrainian forces are preventing in Russia's Kursk area, saying the operation is a part of Kiev's transfer to revive justice after Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Zelensky, referring to the Ukrainian army operation for the primary time, particularly identified that Kiev is in search of to “shift the conflict” inside Russia, amid the invasion of Kursk by Ukrainian troops, which started on Tuesday and has up to now not been commented on by Kiev.
“At this time, on a number of events, Common Sirski (retired chief of the final workers of the armed forces) gave a report on the entrance, on our actions and the shift of the conflict to the territory of the aggressor (…). Ukraine is proving that it may possibly restore justice and apply the required strain: strain on the aggressor,” Zelensky stated in his every day night televised message.
Neither Zelensky nor the Ukrainian army supplied additional particulars concerning the present state of the advance of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory.
The Ukrainian president had final week avoided explicitly confirming the operation and, making oblique references, had stated that the Ukrainian military may “shock” and obtain outcomes and that “Russia introduced the conflict to our land and may really feel what it has does”.
Moscow introduced earlier as we speak that an “anti-terrorist operation” had begun in three areas bordering Ukraine, days after the largest incursion of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory for the reason that outbreak of the conflict.
Greater than 76,000 folks have been evacuated from areas bordering Ukraine within the Kursk area, native emergency authorities stated, in response to Russia's TASS information company.
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