Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces now control 74 Russian settlements in Kursk
Al Jazeera
The Ukrainian leader says his country’s daring operation is evidence that its army maintains the ability to seize the initiative.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukrainian forces are now in control of 74 Russian settlements in the Kursk region, the result of a Ukrainian cross-border operation.
In an evening address on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces continue to advance into the Kursk region and take Russian prisoners.
“There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader has presented the daring operation as evidence that his country maintains the ability to seize the initiative and direct events, more than two years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
On Monday, the Kursk region’s Governor Alexei Smirnov put the number of Russian settlements controlled by Ukraine at 28.
