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Our operations are purely a security matter for Ukraine – the liberation of the border area from the Russian military,
Zelenskyy said in an overnight address 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,
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,
It is only fair to destroy Russian terrorists where they are, where they launch their strikes from,
the Ukrainian president said 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,
We need appropriate permissions from our partners to use long-range weapons,
We see how useful this can be for bringing peace closer,
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."
Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine’s south."
Dmytro Lykhoviy told Politico The uncontrolled ride of the enemy has already been halted,
said Gen Apti Alaudinov, the commander of Akhmat, a Chechen special forces unit Twenty-four years ago there was the Kursk catastrophe, the symbolic beginning of his regime, and now it’s the end for him, and it’s Kursk again,
Ukraine has every right to wage war in such a way as to paralyse Russia in its aggressive intentions as effectively as possible,
the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Tuesday On the whole, the situation remains extremely difficult, but under control,
read an article in Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper on Monday, summing up the mood It should be emphasized that the operation ... helps the front line because it does not allow Russia to transfer additional units to (Ukraine's) Donetsk region, complicates its military logistics,
foreign ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said Ukraine is not interested in taking territory in the Kursk region, we want to protect the lives of our people."
Heorhii Tykhyi, a foreign affairs spokesperson for Ukraine said on Tuesday 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 Ukrainians have been understandably cagey about what their intended goals are, but there are a few things they could be seeking to simultaneously accomplish
Jacob Parakilas, research leader for Defence Strategy, Policy and Capabilities at the thinktank RAND Europe, said The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace, the sooner Ukrainian raids on Russian territory will stop.
That analysis was supported by a statement from a Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson, who today told reporters in Kyiv The Russians seem to have been caught by surprise, or at least not prepared
If, in going to the defence Ukraine can turn this part of the front on Russian soil into the same kind of positional war that has evolved along the rest of the front in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv's forces could hold this ground for weeks or even months.