Zelenskyy says Ukaine now controls over 1,250 square kilometres in Kursk region
Zelenskyy says that Ukrainian forces control 92 settlements in the Kursk region and that troops have captured the largest number of Russian prisoners in a single operation.
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00:00Ukraine controls over 1,250 square kilometers in Russia's Kursk region. That is according
00:08to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. He adds that troops captured the largest number
00:14of Russian prisoners in a single operation, making it one of Kiev's largest efforts to
00:19liberate Ukrainians from Russian captivity.
00:21Our active defensive actions along the border and Putin's inability to protect his territory
00:29from such defensive actions are very red-hot. Our active preventive defense is the most
00:36effective counter-action to Russian terror and ensures a real complication of the situation
00:43for the aggressor state.
00:45Eighty-four temporary accommodation centers opened in the Kursk region, as Russian authorities
00:50say more than 121,000 civilians were evacuated since the start of the incursion.
01:00On Sunday, the Ukrainian President addressed the aim of the incursion into Kursk for the
01:05first time, which is to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across
01:10the border.
01:11Zelenskiy says his troops would not have to physically enter Russian territories, particularly
01:16the Kursk region, if Ukraine partners would lift the restriction on the use of long-range
01:21weapons.