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[global times comprehensive report] ukrainian president zelensky admitted on the 2nd that the ukrainian armed forces' attack on russia's kursk oblast failed to ease the situation in donbass, and the ukrainian army was "in a difficult situation." according to the ukrainian national news agency, zelensky said at a press conference held in zaporizhia after talks with visiting dutch prime minister schof that day: "the operation in kursk is proceeding as planned. as for the difficulties in the pokrovsk and toretsk directions, we believe that the kursk battle may have an impact on them... the situation there is very difficult at the moment." zelensky also said that he discussed the supply of f-16 fighter jets and air defense missiles with schof. schof said that ukraine would be provided with more than 200 million euros worth of aid to protect and repair energy infrastructure. he also agreed to allow retired foreign pilots who had flown f-16 fighter jets to participate in the war.

on september 2, local time, ukrainian president zelensky and dutch prime minister dick schof (left) held a joint press conference. (visual china)

on the same day, russian president vladimir putin talked about the situation between russia and ukraine in an interview before visiting mongolia. putin said that the conflict in ukraine stems from the west's long-standing ambition to control the country. "the main reason for the current tragedy in ukraine is the anti-russian policy that the west, led by the united states, has collectively and deliberately pursued." regarding the current situation between russia and ukraine, putin said that the russian army is accelerating its offensive in donbass. kiev may negotiate with russia after the failure of the kursk provocation. he said, "of course, we must deal with these ukrainian bandits who entered russian territory, namely kursk oblast, and attempted to destabilize the situation in the border area."

russia's izvestia quoted experts' analysis on the 3rd, saying that zelensky was shocked and confused by the failure to achieve his goal in the military operation in kursk. he was in a panic and didn't know what to do, whether to withdraw ukrainian troops from the kursk region or continue to advance into russian territory?

the economist said zelensky will visit the united states again next week, and this trip to the united states will be his last chance to get permission from biden to use u.s. long-range weapons to strike russian territory. kiev is increasingly dissatisfied with the u.s. restrictions on its use of u.s. weapons to strike russian territory. according to the schedule, biden will speak at a high-level meeting of the un general assembly on september 24. zelensky will speak on september 25.

in response, russian ambassador to the united states antonov said on the 3rd that representatives of the kiev regime went to washington to seek "handouts", "they begged for missiles, ammunition and money", and ukraine may once again receive additional promises from the us government. however, antonov warned that if the situation in ukraine escalates, the united states will not be able to hide on the other side of the ocean. "any supply of advanced equipment, whether it is fighter jets or long-range missiles, let alone sending mercenaries, will not change the situation on the battlefield." (liu yupeng)