Zelenskiy aide says ‘root cause of any escalation’, including into Kursk, is Moscow’s ‘unequivocal aggression’
Russian military bloggers report that the western part of the town of Sudzha now appears to be under Ukrainian control.Russian military bloggers report that the western part of the town of Sudzha now appears to be under Ukrainian control.Ukraine has publicly justified its attack into Russian territory for the first time, amid reports that its forces are advancing towards a village 13 miles inside the Kursk region.
Russia has declared a state of emergency in Kursk and local officials told the Tass news agency that 3,000 civilians had been evacuated following an attack that has clearly caught Moscow off guard. Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday its forces “continue to eliminate” the Ukrainian attackers in the Sudzha and Korenevo districts, and that it was targeting the invaders with ground forces, artillery, air and missile strikes.convened a televised meeting of Russia’s security council on Wednesday, in which the military’s chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, told him the advance had been halted and that the Kursk operation would be concluded by “reaching the Russian state border”.
Jade McGlynn, a Ukraine expert and research fellow at King’s College London, said: “As a military strategy, I remain a bit puzzled, but as a political strategy, it has been very successful. It suggests yet again that Putin’s ‘red lines’ are only words and that Russia is not as strong as some make out.”
The Ukrainian president added: “It is important to continue destroying our enemy – as precisely as our warriors can, and as resiliently as it contributes to the overall defence of our country, and as effectively as it produces results.”
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