Despite difficult and intense battles, our forces continue to advance in the Kursk region, and our state's 'exchange fund' is growing. Seventy-four settlements are under Ukrainian control,
Preparations for our next steps continue,
I'll say it straight: the crisis has not yet been overcome,
It should be emphasized that the operation ... helps the front line because it does not allow Russia to transfer additional units to (Ukraine's eastern) Donetsk region, complicates its military logistics,
Russians should have enough reserves, so that they should not be forced to weaken the "Centre" group of forces which is currently pressuring the Ukrainian lines near Toretsk and Pokrovsk,
Our operations are purely a security matter for Ukraine – the liberation of the border area from the Russian military,
This conclusion will narrow the flexibility Russia has enjoyed in committing manpower and material to its ongoing offensive efforts in Ukraine, and the Russian military command will have to consider the requirements for border defense when determining what resources it can allocate to future large-scale offensive and defensive efforts in Ukraine,
Russia has spent considerable resources to build fortifications along the international border area but has not allocated the manpower and material to significantly man and defend those fortifications,
The Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast [has forced] a decision-point on the Kremlin and the Russian military command about whether to view the thousand-kilometer-long international border with northeastern Ukraine as a legitimate frontline that Russia must defend, instead of a dormant area of the theater, as they have treated it since Fall 2022,
It is only fair to destroy Russian terrorists where they are, where they launch their strikes from,
We need appropriate permissions from our partners to use long-range weapons,
Russia must be forced into peace if Putin wants to continue waging war so badly,
We see how useful this can be for bringing peace closer,
We must still understand whether it is a smokescreen activity,
Ukraine is not interested in taking territory in the Kursk region, we want to protect the lives of our people."
If Ukraine could strike the enemy troops on their territory, from where they threaten Ukraine, then Ukraine would be in a much better position to protect itself."
The Zaporizhzhia region is one living under martial law, fighting Ukrainian Nazism every day, and has extensive experience in both military operations and volunteer work, which can be of great assistance to us
Today, ... we are gathering information about people who need to be evacuated."
As of now about 1,000 sq km of Russian territory is under our control… The situation is under our control,
The enemy is active on the border of the Krasnoyaruzhsky district,