Ukraine’s operation near the Kursk region was a preventive strike. The Ukrainian command stuck to plan “A”.
RBC-Ukraine reported about this in an interview with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with NBC News.
According to the words of the president, Ukraine knew that Russians can break through the cordon near the Sumy region, opposite the Kursk region. If it had happened, Ukraine would have had to conquer the enemy for a long time.
“And then, in order to squeeze them out, we need motherly superiority in people and zbroi. It’s not a fact that there will be one in us. That’s why we launched such a preventive strike, which was split up like an operation,” said the head of state.
Zelensky stating that there were a number of options for the development of this approach – positive and complex, in which a minimum would be required.
“The Kursk operation (Kursk operation – ed.) went more successfully. And so we stuck to plan A,” he said vin.
The President added that everything at once It is expected from the Kursk region – this is not improvisation, but a clear operation. The head of the state said that breaking a hole near the Kursk region is only part of the operation.
“And I will tell you frankly – this is part of the operation. The various actions that we have been conveyed and how important it is that we need to do in order to ease the pressure of Russia at the meeting of our state. In the Kharkov region, as well as in Today we talk about about Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson directly, and also Donbass, Pokrovsk, Toretsk, it’s even more difficult for us. Zelensky said.
In the President's opinion, the prospects for the territory being occupied by Ukraine in the Kursk region will lie until the end of the defense, as if it were already weathered.
“As soon as (the formation, – ed.) is in Ukraine, we will trim. Otherwise, we will not trim This is eternity. We will be as much as we need for our whole plan,” he said.
ZSU operation in the Kursk region
It is clear that since the 6th sickle the fighting in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation has been taking place. Ukrainian troops broke through the cordon and took control of thousands of square kilometers. There are over a hundred settlements, Zokrema and the town of Sudzha. There are a number of important facilities there, including a gas station, through which gas transits to Europe.
Ukraine has created a military commandant’s office in the border areas of the Kursk region. Recently, the ZSU explained why it was needed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky also said that Ukraine wants to seize territory from the Kursk region, but dictator Volodymyr Putin will not sit down at the negotiating table.
Details Ishe about what the Kursk operation of the ZSU carried out – in the material of RBC-Ukraine.
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