It was the first time that Zelenskyi directly expressed the goal of the operation launched on August 6.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in his Sunday evening speech that the aim of Ukraine’s attack on Russia in the Kursk region is to create a buffer zone to prevent further Russian attacks across the border.
It was the first time that Zelenskyi directly expressed the goal of the operation launched on August 6. He has previously said that the purpose of the operation was to protect the communities in the border region of Sumy from continuous bombardment.
– The primary task of our defense operations is now to destroy as much as possible of Russia’s war potential and to carry out as many counterattacks as possible. They include the creation of a buffer zone in the territory of the aggressor – our operation in the Kursk region, Zelenskyi said in a speech published on the X messaging service.
Source: AP