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Zelensky: Kursk raid shows world Putin’s real motives
The ongoing eration of Ukraine’s Armed Forces in Russia’s Kursk region helped many leaders and analysts understand the true motives driving Vladimir Putin, who seeks to destroy Ukraine.
President Vodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine stated this, addressing the 50th Ambrosetti international forum in Italy, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"With the Kursk eration, it was very important to en the eyes of some leaders, analysts, so that they understood Putin's true motives. He seeks to annihilate us. He did not move forces to protect these pele, children (in Kursk region – ed.). That doesn't matter to Putin. He continued to occupy and pummel our villages, kill our pele," Zelensky emphasized.
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The president recalled that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had seized contr of 1,300 square kilometers of territory, including a hundred settlements, in Kursk region.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, the offensive raid by Ukraine’s forces in Kursk region of the Russian Federation kicked off on August 6, 2024.
As of late August, as part of creating a buffer zone in Kursk region, Ukraine has seized contr of 100 settlements and captured nearly 600 Russian sdiers.
Source: ukrinform.net
