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2024-09-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian perspective: Operation in Kursk region
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:15 Syrsky called the Kursk operation a success in an interview with CNN. According to him, there were several reasons for it: to prevent Russia from advancing from there, to pull Russian forces from other directions, to prevent shelling of the border area, and to raise the morale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainians. According to the commander-in-chief, the Russian Federation transferred "tens of thousands" of troops to Kursk, including some of its best airborne assault troops. And before the Ukrainian operation, the Russian Federation planned to launch an offensive on Ukraine from the Kursk region.
18:41 Ukraine has achieved "a lot" in the Kursk operation, but the further course of events is difficult to predict, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. According to him, Ukraine "managed to take control of Russian territory, inflict damage on Russian troops and demonstrate its ability to act."
13:32 Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News that it was the "lack of long-range capability" that forced Ukraine to launch the operation in the Kursk region: "We expected long-range weapons, they were in a small configuration. We did not have enough of these means. And we had an understanding from our research that Russia was planning to create this "buffer zone"... And then we realized that we needed to conduct a corresponding operation. So that we, not they, would create the "buffer zone" here."
The President explained that the Russians could have broken through the border in the Sumy region. If this had happened, Ukraine would have had to stop the enemy for a long time, so a decision was made to launch a preemptive strike. According to Zelensky, the operation went well, so Ukraine used plan "A". He added that the breakthrough in the Kursk region is only part of the operation.
11:05 Putin called regaining control over the Kursk region a "sacred duty" of the Russian army. According to him, the situation in the Russian region "has already stabilized" and the Russians "have begun to gradually squeeze out" Ukrainian forces.
According to Putin, by attacking Kursk, Ukraine "wanted to make Russia fuss and get nervous, to stop the offensive in Donbass." But, according to him, "nothing worked out," and "the offensive of the Russian army accelerated." The second goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kursk, according to Putin, is "to destabilize the domestic political situation in Russia." He assured that this "did not work out, society consolidated."
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