The President told whether Ukraine was conducting an operation in the Belgorod region

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo – op

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the report of the Russian Defense Ministry of the Armed Forces to the territory of the Belgorod region on March 18.

Source: Zelensky at online press conference, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Details: Asked if Ukraine is conducting operations in the Belgorod region, which was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, the President replied that Ukraine has the right to take steps to ahead to avoid Russian blows.

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Straight language: “There is an operation there: someone seems that someone ran, and somewhere in another corner came. It is quite clear our strategic steps until the enemy in our territory …

We saw a new cluster of troops at the border of Sumy region. We see what they want to do, they want to strike in Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya regions. That’s what we see. Well, so easy we will not do it. ”

Details: Earlier on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Armed Forces made an attempt to “apply units into the territory of Russia in the western part of the Belgorod region in the direction of settlements of Demidovka and Zalissia.” According to the department, there were 5 attacks a day.

The head of state added that Ukrainian troops control the situation in the Kurshchyna.

Straight language: “Ukraine fulfills its task in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military is there. And we will be there as long as we need this operation. We have intensified in the east of our country …

But after Putin says that our boys surrounded: our boys stand there in place, showing that they are not surrounded. Not Putin controls when the boys and where to go. ”

Prehistory:

• People’s Deputy Marian Bezugla said on March 18, the fast on the social network Facebook said “in Sumy region Russian troops entered somewhere deeply as there was a control of the territory in the Kurshchyna.”
• According to the State Border Service and the Armed Forces, Russian troops try to enter the territory of Sumy region with small assault groups, but are destroyed by defense forces. The enemy uses sabotage and intelligence groups, but also repels.
• The General Staff of the Armed Forces asserts that the situation at the border of Sumy region with the Kursk region of the Russian Federation is under the control of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.