In Kursk, Ukraine continues its offensive unabated. The attack was a significant humiliation for Putin. Ukraine is enjoying success in Belgorod.
Kiev – Kiev calls for ceasefire in Ukraine war to end Ukraine’s Kursk offensive. “Ukraine is not interested in seizing the Kursk region, but we want to protect the lives of our people,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hiori Daiki told the news agency. RBC Ukraine. He also stressed: “The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace… the sooner the Ukrainian security forces’ attacks on Russia will stop.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin himself speculated that the attack on the Kursk region helped give Ukrainians more room to maneuver in potential peace talks. But for now, it doesn’t look like a ceasefire or peace talks will happen anytime soon. “The current main task is to drive the enemy from our territories and strike back, as well as to ensure reliable border security,” Putin said at a briefing on Monday.
Belgorod region is also evacuated: Ukraine’s Kursk offensive expands
The Kursk offensive against Russia has been underway since August 6 and can already be described as historic: it is the largest offensive on Russian soil since World War II. For Putin, this is a huge embarrassment after all. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation in Kursk as a “disaster” for Putin. As Russia brought the war to Ukraine, as Zelensky further commented on the Kursk offensive, the war is now coming home.
In addition to the area around Kursk, the neighboring Belgorod Oblast is also in the sights of Ukrainians. On Wednesday, a state of emergency was declared in the region following the Ukrainian attacks. “The situation in the Belgorod region is very complex and tense,” the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Kladkov, said in a video message on Telegram. Evacuation operations have been underway since Monday to bring Russian citizens to safety CNN reported.
Kursk offensive to ease pressure on Ukraine front?
Regional officials are urging Moscow to place the region under a federal state of emergency, as was declared in Kursk Oblast following the Ukrainian attacks. So far, the Kursk offensive has forced tens of thousands of Russians to flee the region. Ukrainian troops reportedly advanced into Russia as far as Korenevo on August 13, according to geospatial video footage from Russian military bloggers, the “Institute for the Study of War” (ISW) reported.
It has been reported that Russia needs to withdraw Russian forces from the Donetsk region in particular to bring the offensive in Ukraine under control. However, now the advance of Ukrainian troops continues. ISW also speculated that the withdrawal of Russian troops would lead to a slowdown in Russian advances on the Ukrainian front. (sir)
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