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Foreign media: Zelensky said that the attack on the Kursk region of Russia was not notified to allies in advance because they might think the action was "unrealistic"

According to the U.S. website Business Insider, Ukraine's Kyiv Independent and other media reports, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 19th that Ukraine did not reveal its plan to launch a military operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast to its allies in advance because the latter might consider the action "unrealistic."

File photo of Ukrainian President Zelensky

According to the Kyiv Independent, Zelensky said on the 19th, “Just a few months ago, if many people around the world heard that we were planning to carry out operations similar to those in the Kursk region of Russia, they would say that this was impossible and would cross Russia’s most stringent red line. This is why no one knew about our preparations in advance.”

The U.S. website Business Insider reported on the 20th that Zelensky said on the 19th that the allies knew nothing about Ukraine's attack plan because they would find the action "unrealistic." The report quoted the British "Economist" as saying that not only did Ukraine's allies not know about the Ukrainian army's attack plan in the Kursk region, but even Ukraine's own soldiers were not notified until the last minute.

As of press time, there has been no response from the United States, other Western countries, or Russia to Zelensky's remarks.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Ukrainian army launched an attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast on the 6th of this month, and then the two sides broke out in fierce conflict in the state. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the situation on Russia's southern border on the 12th and said that Russia will resolutely respond to a series of provocations from Ukraine in the border area.

Source | Global Times