"Thank you for bravery"
Kursk: Zelenskyi calls on soldiers to hold out
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has called on his soldiers to hold out on the conquered bridgehead in the Russian region of Kursk. Contrary to many reports that Russian troops are pushing the Ukrainians back there, Zelenskyi said: "We are holding our ground and I thank every soldier for their bravery."
The President said that he had discussed the situation with Commander-in-Chief Olexander Syrskyi and Chief of the General Staff Anatoly Barhylevych.
"Kursk operation serves a strategic purpose"
"We must not forget that the Kursk operation serves a strategic purpose. The war must return to the area from which it started. This is the case when a buffer zone is created on the territory of the aggressor," said Zelensky in his evening video message.
With the surprise advance at the beginning of August, Ukraine had brought the ground war onto Russian territory for the first time.
The Kursk operation had enabled Ukraine to take prisoners and exchange them for its own soldiers from Russian captivity, Selensky explained. The fighting in the Kursk region was continuing, the Ukrainian General Staff announced in its report for Monday evening.
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