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Reference News reported on August 18According to AFP Kiev on August 17, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 17th that the Ukrainian army is "reinforcing" its positions in the Kursk region of Russia.

The Russian military said it was "beating back" a new offensive launched by Kiev while continuing to storm several regions of Ukraine, especially further south in Donbass, where Russian troops have the upper hand over Kiev's forces.

According to reports, Zelensky said happily after meeting with Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Sersky on the 17th: "General Sersky reported on the situation of our army strengthening its positions and expanding the stabilized territory in the Kursk region."

"The operation went exactly as we planned," he said in an online video message that evening.

The day before, Serskij told the Ukrainian president that Ukrainian troops had advanced "one to three kilometers" and captured more Russian soldiers.

The report mentioned that on the 17th, the Russian army claimed that it had "repelled" the Ukrainian offensive near three settlements in the Kursk region and caused heavy losses to the opponent.

"In the past day, the Russians have launched dozens of attacks on our positions," Zelensky said on the 17th. He said his soldiers were "doing their best to eliminate the occupiers and repel the offensive." He said that "the situation is under control."

However, Ukrainian authorities pointed out that Russia's attacks in eastern and northeastern Ukraine on the 17th killed two people. (Compiled by Zhao Kexin)