Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops are moving farther into Russia, as Kyiv’s biggest cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on Aug. 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II. “In … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged for the first time that his country’s military forces were fighting in a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region. In his night video address, Zelenskyy said he discussed the ongoing incursion “to push the war onto the aggressor’s territory” with top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskyi. “Ukraine is proving … Read more
Russian officials said Wednesday they were fighting off Ukrainian cross-border raids in a southwestern province for a second day, as Kyiv officials remained quiet about the scope of the operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incursion into the south-western Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” and said he will hold a meeting with top … Read more