Zelensky confirms Ukrainian troops are fighting inside Russian territory
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Source: cnn
Clare Sebastian
6 minute read Updated 10:02 PM EDT, Sun August 11, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Kyiv’s troops are fighting inside Russia, days into the surprise Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region that has become a major embarrassment for the Kremlin.
“Ukraine is proving that it really knows how to restore justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed – pressure on the aggressor,” Zelensky said in his nightly address to the nation on Saturday, thanking “every unit” of Ukraine’s armed forces for making it possible “to push the war out into the aggressor’s territory.”
The statement marked the first time Zelensky officially acknowledged the incursion, which took by surprise both Russia and Ukraine’s allies. Ukrainian officials have for days remained tight-lipped about the operation, even as photographs, videos and firsthand reports of Ukrainian soldiers inside Russia started to emerge.
Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the border region of Belgorod with airstrikes and pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups have conducted limited cross-border attacks, but the Kursk operation marked the first time that regular Ukrainian and special operations units have entered Russian territory. .............................
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/11/world/ukraine-zelensky-confirms-russian-incursion-intl/index.html
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⚡️🇷🇺Kursk region. Situation
Local residents met with 🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers. It is interesting that local residents speak Ukrainian
Direct speech:
- Won't you drive us?
Legs hurt...
- But you speak Ukrainian...
- Glory to Ukraine
- Glory...
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Kursk region, russia in February 2022.
Orc's [Ordinary russian citizens] cheer for russian soldiers going to war in Ukraine in violation of international law.
The same people are crying today because the war has returned to them. What a pathetic people!
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