“There are 60,000 people in the Kursk direction. of the Russian military, which made it possible to secure Kharkiv and Sumy – Zelenskyi Zelenskyi spoke about Ukraine’s preventive steps to protect Kharkiv and Sumy from the Russian offensive. Thanks to these actions, it was possible to pull 60,000 Russian troops to the Kursk region.”, — write on: unn.ua
“These were preventive steps, because we knew and not only us. Our European colleagues and American intelligence… we shared information, everyone understood that this is Putin’s next goal – to occupy our north, the city of Sumy. The city of Kharkiv. Today, Kharkiv has more than 1 million people, that is, these are all large cities where a large number of people live, and if he occupies, then hundreds of thousands of people will die, so we had to take the first steps, and we saw a large number the accumulation of their troops to occupy Sumy, and we took the first step before them. This helped us a lot,” said Zelensky.
He noted that 60 thousand Russian troops are now in the Kursk direction.
“This also helped us in Kharkiv region, they transferred many troops from Kharkiv to Kursk and we were able to stop them in Kharkiv region. This was a tactical success for Ukraine, but success is not for occupation, we do not need their territory, we do not need their lands, we we just want to live peacefully at home without war. This is the only thing we need, and that’s why these corresponding steps were taken,” the President added.
We will remind
President Zelensky previously stated that the operation in the Kursk region became a powerful trump card in negotiations with the countries of the Global South. According to Bloomberg, the armed forces may leave the Kursk region by the spring of 2025.