10 minutes agoZelensky visits Ukrainian region near where Kiev troops attacked Russia
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(2 years ago)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Sumy, a region in the country's northeast on Thursday. It is his first trip near the border with Russia since Kiev troops organised a secret invasion in the Kursk region in early August. Mr. Zelensky met with Colonel Oleksander Syrsky and later declared [...]
Mr. Zelensky met with Colonel Oleksandr Syrsky and later declared that Ukrainian forces have taken control of another settlement in Kursk, Russia, and have captured even more Russian war captives, who he hopes to swap with the Ukrainians captured by Moscow.
He called Russian captives the “exchange rate” of Ukraine.
But Kiev's progress in Kurské the first capture of a Russian territory since World War II has come after Ukraine continues to lose ground in its eastern, Donnetsk region.
The Russian Defence Ministry announced Thursday that its army had taken over the village of Mejove.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Ukraine of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear station. But the Kremlin leader presented no evidence of his claims and gave no 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 often targeted Russian military objects used to conduct drones and rockets against Ukraine.
Officials in the South Russia's Volgograd region said Thursday that a Ukrainian fears hit a military object, triggering fire.
Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack. /voa
