Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk was intended to slow the Russian advance in the Donbas, but it failed as Kiev simply weakened its forces along the rest of the front, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today. In the biggest foreign attack on Russian soil since World War II, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers crossed the Russian border on August 6 with the help of a host of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), heavy weapons and artillery, some of which were Western-made. . Putin, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, said that by moving large and well-trained units inside Russia, Ukraine had weakened itself and allowed Russia to accelerate its offensive in eastern Ukraine. Putin said it was Russia’s “sacred duty” to push back the invaders and that Russian forces were beginning to drive Ukrainian troops out of Kursk. He added that the Russian promotion in the city of Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, was […]
Source: News Beast
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