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"We’re holding defined lines": Zelenskyy updates on Kursk region situation

Lina Mostavlyuk
13 October, 2024 Sunday
11:10

On Saturday, October 12, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy provided an update on the ongoing situation in the Kursk region, where Russian forces have launched counteroffensive operations

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Zelenskyy shared the information during his nightly video address.

The president mentioned that he is back in Kyiv after meeting with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

“Today I am already in Kyiv. I spoke with Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi: he reported on all frontline directions and our Kursk operation.The Pokrovsk direction – well done. Every soldier, every sergeant, every officer who ensures the defense of our positions. In general, the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions are facing very difficult conditions, fierce enemy actions. But our units' resilience is crucial. It is our resilience that makes all the difference.

As for the Kursk operation: there were attempts by Russia to push back our positions. But we are holding the defined lines,” Zelenskyy stated.

The situation in the Kursk region as of October 12

Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi confirmed that Russia has relocated around 50,000 troops from other fronts to the Kursk region.

On Thursday, October 10, Russian forces managed to overrun the left flank of Ukraine’s Defense Forces in the Kursk region, according to DeepState reports.

Military historian Mykhailo Zhyrokhov suggests that it will be difficult for Russian forces to maintain control of the area in the Kursk region.



 
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