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Zelensky visits the Ukrainian region near where Kiev's troops attacked Russia

2024-08-22 22:25:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Zelensky visits the Ukrainian region near where Kiev's troops attacked

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Sumy, a region in the northeast of the country, on Thursday. This is his first trip near the Russian border since Kiev's troops staged a secret incursion into the Kursk region in early August.

Mr Zelenskyy met with Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi and then announced that Ukrainian forces had taken control of another settlement in Kursk, Russia, and had captured more Russian prisoners of war, which he hoped to exchange for captured Ukrainians. from Moscow.

He referred to the Russian captives as Ukraine's "exchange fund".

But Kiev's advances in Kursk – the first capture of Russian territory since World War II – come as Ukraine continues to lose ground in its eastern Donetsk region.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that its army had taken control of the village of Mezhov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Thursday of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power station. But the Kremlin leader did not provide any evidence of his claims and did not provide further details on the alleged attack.

The offensive in Russia was the first for Ukraine in two and a half years of war. Ukraine has frequently targeted Russian military facilities used to launch drone and missile strikes against Ukraine.

Officials in southern Russia's Volgograd region said Thursday that a Ukrainian drone struck a military facility, causing a fire.

Ukraine took responsibility for the attack./ Voa 





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