The Ukrainian president says the offensive is part of a drive to restore justice after Russia invaded in 2022.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged Ukraine's invasion of Russia's Kursk region for the first time. The Ukrainian president said the offensive was part of a drive to restore justice after Russia invaded in 2022. Russia said Ukrainian forces had pushed into the Kursk region last Tuesday and Russian military bloggers said they made some headway, but claimed the situation has since stabilised.
On Saturday, more than 76,000 people had been evacuated, according to Russia's TASS state news agency. In a video posted on social media on Friday, soldiers purporting to be from the 61st Brigade holding a Ukrainian flag appeared to be standing outside a Gazprom facility in the Russian town of Sudzha. 'Everything is calm in the town,' they say, adding: 'All the buildings are safe, strategic object of Gazprom in Sudzha is under the control of the 99th Mechanised Battalion.
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