Russian forces closing in on Ukrainian troops in Kursk, official says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops are still holding off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia’s Kursk region after a U.S. military official said Russian forces could retake Kursk “very soon.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his troops are still holding off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia’s Kursk region after a U.S. military official said Russian forces could retake Kursk “very soon.”
"There is no encirclement of our troops," Zelenskyy posted on X Saturday, saying instead that Russia was accumulating forces along Ukraine's eastern border.
“This indicates an intention to attack our Sumy region,” he said. “We are aware of this, and will counter it.”
Zelenskyy also dismissed claims of encirclement in Kursk as "a lie" from Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating that Ukraine's presence in the Kursk region remains intact.
"I am grateful that the intelligence data matched today, and we discussed that the Ukrainian side has a presence in the territory of Kursk Oblast, and that the encirclement of Ukrainian troops is a lie from Putin," he said at a press conference Saturday. "There is no encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the territory of Kursk Oblast."
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