Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated final 12 months the Kursk operation has boosted Kyiv’s “trade fund” – its negotiating place on swapping prisoners of struggle – and diverted tens of hundreds of Russian troops away from the jap entrance.
He stated Saturday night that “as much as a battalion of North Korean infantry troopers and Russian airborne troops” had been misplaced in battles within the Kursk area on that day and the day earlier than.
However Kyiv has to this point been unable to halt Moscow’s advances in Ukraine, which have been seven occasions greater in 2024 than the 12 months prior, in line with an AFP evaluation of information from the Institute for the Research of Battle.
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Each Russia and Ukraine have exchanged common assaults for the reason that 12 months started.
Russia stated Sunday it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in a single day in a barrage that broken properties and triggered air alerts, whereas Kyiv stated Moscow fired 103 drones into its territory.
4 Russian airports briefly suspended visitors early Sunday for “security” causes, forcing not less than eight planes to divert course, a spokesperson for Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia stated.
