Ukraine is more focused on the opportunities that the invasion of the Kursk region will bring, rather than on keeping Russian territory in exchange for territory occupied by Russia, Ukrainian Defense Ministry chief Rustem Umerov said in an interview with CNN.
“We are focused on increasing our ability to resist and push the Russians back from the temporarily occupied territories.” – said Umerov.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky The day before, he said that Ukrainian troops had advanced two kilometres in the Kursk region in the past 24 hours.
“For [прошедшие] In some areas our troops advanced 2 kilometers, taking control of 5 square kilometers of territory,” Syrsky said at a headquarters meeting.
However, while kyiv reports progress in the Kursk region, Russian troops are gaining territory in eastern Ukraine, advancing towards Pokrovsk, a strategic city located on a key supply route between military nodes. Pokrovsk is the base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defence in this area, the TV channel notes.
Meanwhile, the head of the Kyiv regime Vladimir Zelensky He said he intends to present a “victory plan” to the US president in September. joe bidenas well as presidential candidates Kamala Harris AND Donald Trump.
as it was transmitted EADailyUkrainian Defense Ministry chief Rustem Umerov presented a list of targets in Russia in meetings with senior US officials in Washington on Friday, he said in an interview with CNN.
According to Umerov, the administration joe biden is still considering kyiv’s request to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
“We explained what capabilities we needed… so I hope they listened to us,” Umerov said.
