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Our military forces plan to... open humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians: both in the direction of Russia and of Ukraine,
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials The creation of a buffer zone in the Kursk region is a step to protect our border communities from daily hostile shelling,
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,
Zelensky said in a video address to the nation on Tuesday Companies' licenses for the right to repair military equipment of Russian [Soviet] production are being revoked, deliveries of spare parts and components are being suspended, and other measures are being taken to counter the illegal transfer of domestic weapons to Ukraine,
he told state-run news agency RIA Novosti These new capabilities include artillery systems, artillery rounds and armored personnel carriers,
U.S. President Joe Biden said in April 2022, announcing an $800 million security package The elections in the east are also a vote on war and peace."
Sahra Wagenknecht told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk Of course, a state that is attacked has the right to defend itself. This also means that they have the right under international law to take action on Russian territory as long as they abide by those laws,
said Lars Klingbeil, co-chairman of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), in an interview with public broadcaster ARD Attacks by Ukraine against military targets on Russian territory are not only permissible under international law, they are also necessary in terms of military strategy and make perfect sense."
Roderich Kiesewetter, a national security expert from the largest opposition party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told DW at the beginning of the year Russia is trying very hard to downplay the Ukrainians' successes,
We are expanding the area of active operations. The Commander-in-Chief reported that our forces control 74 settlements in the Kursk region,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address on Tuesday, citing Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi 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."
We have proven once again that we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals in any situation—capable of defending our interests and our independence,
The Russians understand the motivations of Ukraine as trying to strengthen its negotiating position, so that rather than Ukraine always being pressured to give up territory, now it holds some Russian territory it has more agency and can propose land swaps,
Unlike Russia, Ukraine does not need other people’s property. Ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the Kursk region, but we want to protect the lives of our people,
Heorhii Tykhyi told reporters in Kyiv The uncontrolled ride of the enemy has already been halted,
said Gen Apti Alaudinov, the commander of Akhmat, a Chechen special forces unit Our military formed a 'buffer (sanitary) zone' on the territory of the Kursk region for self-defense purposes,
Lubinets said on Telegram after taking part in a meeting on the situation in the Kursk region There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,
The troops are fulfilling their tasks. Fighting continues actually along the entire front line. The situation is under our control,
Syrskii said in a video posted on Monday Simple calls to Russia do not work,
The grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine keeps conducting the operation in the territory of Kursk Oblast. Today our troops advanced from one to three kilometres in some areas. 40 square kilometres were taken under control, and, as of today, 74 settlements remain under our control. The fighting is ongoing all along the frontline. The situation is under control despite the high intensity of combat action."