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zelensky: ukrainian army intends to defend occupied russian territory

2024-09-04

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reference news reported on september 4according to a report on the russian weekly "profile" website on september 3, ukrainian leader zelensky said in an interview with nbc news that the ukrainian army intends to "hold on" to parts of the kursk oblast that have been occupied as long as the troops and resources permit.

zelensky said this was an important strategy of kiev. he said that the ukrainian army's offensive on kursk oblast was part of the ukrainian authorities' plan and an opportunity to end the conflict. zelensky said that us officials did not know about ukraine's intentions in advance.

at the same time, zelensky also admitted that the ukrainian army's offensive on kursk oblast did not make kiev's situation easier. according to the moscow evening news on september 3, the ukrainian army was in trouble in multiple directions, including the red army city (called pokrovsk by the ukrainian side) and the city of dzerzhinsky (called toretsk by the ukrainian side).

the financial times reported earlier that while the ukrainian army launched an offensive into kursk oblast, the russian army continued to advance on the eastern front. in this context, zelensky was criticized. the military, lawmakers and analysts have questioned whether it is advisable to send a large number of ukrainian troops deep into the russian hinterland to launch an offensive.

the report mentioned that ukrainian armed forces commander-in-chief sersky once said that the reason why kiev attacked kursk oblast was to get russia to withdraw troops from donetsk, but he later complained that russia saw through kiev's intention. he stressed that the battlefield situation and strategic situation facing the ukrainian army are still grim. (compiled by zhao zhipeng)