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There have been new assaults in the Kursk operation areas... the Russian army and North Korean soldiers have been brought in again,
Zelensky said in his evening address
We are talking about hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers,
he addedThere’s nothing inherently valuable about the actual land that the Ukrainians are holding in Kursk. It’s fields and settlements, they’re not threatening Kursk city or making a run on Moscow,
Evans said
To see the Ukrainians able to penetrate Russian defenses, and advance up to five kilometers, that’s something that we don’t see the Russians able to do anywhere in the front line,
she told CNN in an interviewBut when we’re thinking about peace negotiation, holding Russian territory could be a critical asset for the Ukrainians when they’re thinking about bargaining for their own territory back or for other things that they might want from the Russians in future peace negotiation,
she addedThe incursion has highlighted how Ukraine can exploit vulnerabilities in Russia's manpower reserves and theater-wide campaign design to exert limited control over Russian battlefield activity in Ukraine and generate strategically significant informational and political pressures on Russia,
the ISW said
The aviation of the Air Force continues to deprive the enemy of logistical capabilities with accurate air strikes, which significantly affects the course of hostilities
air force commander Mykola Oleschuk wrote on Sunday morning
We are ready to open a humanitarian corridor from the Kursk region to... Russia in response to an official request of the Russian Federation,
the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement to AFP
Apparently, the Russians do not want such a humanitarian corridor because we have not received a corresponding request from them,
the presidency said, accusing Moscow of "indifference" to the fate of its own citizensOne of their three brigades has been eliminated, others lost the ability to keep fighting and were withdrawn,
the Ukrainian General Staff said
Now we are simply taking defensive action, inflicting maximum damage while the Russians and the [North Korean] troops try to regain control over the territories of the Russian Federation, because this is already a political priority for them,
the analyst addedIn the Kursk region, we are holding stable,
he told reporters in Kyiv on WednesdayIt was sort of, ‘See, we can do this despite all the problems. If you support us more, the situation will change,
he saidWe showed Russians and our partners, who have so quickly lost faith, we can still do anything on the battlefield, that we can still go on the offensive. We also showed the Russians that we’re not animals, like their propaganda has been trying to portray us, while they have started to lose faith that their government cares about them,
he saidWith our active operation on Russian territory, we have brought the war home to Russia, and it is there that they must feel what war is. And they do,
Zelenskyy said in his daily address
The war in Ukraine, in other words, is not permanently stalemated. Either side can potentially restore, maneuver and begin to gain or regain significant territory. Russia will be able to do so if the West reduces or cuts off aid. Ukraine may be able to do so if Western support continues to empower Ukrainian innovation,
the Institute said in a Thursday news releaseWe are exposing Russia’s bluff for what it is – a bluff,
he saidAs of 2100 (1800 GMT), units of the North group of forces have thwarted an attempted counterattack by the Ukrainian armed forces aimed at the settlements of Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Ulanok,
the ministry said on TelegramTheir story is an example of the systemic harshness of the occupiers. They were forcibly taken from their mothers during a hospital stay and (the mothers) were obliged under threat to turn them over to an orphanage,
Ms Zarivna wrote on TelegramIt's necessary that the leaders and the experts in politics who will be in Munich realise that this is momentum,
he said about Ukraine's message for the event