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on september 3rd local time, ukrainian president zelensky said in an interview with us media that kiev plans to occupy the territory seized by the ukrainian army in russia's kursk oblast indefinitely in order to force russian president putin to return to the negotiating table.

in an interview on the 3rd, zelensky said that ukraine would continue to occupy the territory it had seized in kursk because it was crucial to his "victory plan" to end the war. he pointed out that the plan would be submitted to international partners such as the united states. but he also emphasized: "we don't need their land, and we don't want to bring the ukrainian way of life there."

on september 3, ukrainian president zelensky was interviewed by nbc

zelensky said the ukrainian army's august 6 attack on russia was a "preemptive strike" aimed at preventing russia from establishing a buffer zone on the ukrainian border. however, zelensky refused to say whether ukraine planned to further occupy russian territory. "i'm sorry, i can't say," he said. "with all due respect, i can't talk about this. i think this success was almost unexpected."

zelensky also mentioned that the biden administration did not know in advance about the ukrainian army's plan to cross the border into russia, because in ukraine, this plan was also kept secret. he said: "yes, we did not inform anyone, and this is not a question of lack of trust."

he added that kiev's counter-offensive last summer failed because of too much publicity and talk, which gave the russians a chance to prepare. this time, even ukrainian intelligence agencies were unaware. "i minimized the number of people who knew about the operation, and i think that was one of the reasons why it was successful."

however, russian foreign ministry spokeswoman zakharova said on september 3 that the eu may have been involved in planning the ukrainian attack on kursk in some way. the eu has not responded yet.

in addition, zelensky admitted at a press conference on the 2nd that the ukrainian armed forces' attack on kursk failed to ease the situation in donbass, and the ukrainian army was "in a difficult situation."

(editor: le yi)