August 13, 2024, 1:44 PM
August 13, 2024, 1:44 PM
Ukraine controls 74 localities in the Russian border region of Kursk, where kyiv forces launched a large-scale operation a week ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
“There are 74 settlements under Ukraine’s control,” Zelensky said in his evening speech, after the Kursk regional governor said on Monday that Ukraine controlled 28 settlements.
“Despite the difficult and intense fighting, the advance of our forces in the Kursk region continues,” the Ukrainian leader added.
Zelensky posted images showing himself holding a video call with military chief Oleksander Sirski, the latter stating that “as of today” the Ukrainian troops “advanced in some areas by 1 to 3 kilometers.”
Ukraine has seized “more than 40 square kilometres of territory” in the past day, Sirski added, after saying on Monday that troops controlled some 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory.
