The announcement was made by Volodymyr Zelensky, who is currently based in Ramstein, Germany.
War in Ukrainejour 926.
On August 6, Ukrainian troops struck a major blow by breaking through into Russian territory. The Ukrainians even took several cities in the region of Kourskthus extending over 1,300 square kilometers.
A significant victory for the troops of président Volodymyr Zelenskywhich suffer from the comparison in terms of the use of weapons: 1 Ukrainian shell against 10 Russian ones.
“There is no longer any threat to the city of Sumy”
This breakthrough, highly symbolic, is also a strong message to the allies gathered this Friday in Ramstein in Germany, where Zelensky spoke this Friday morning: “Thanks to our actions, there is no longer a threat to the city of Sumy as there was in May against Kharkiv”.
For Zelensky, the breakthrough shows two things: Putin is concentrating his forces from Donetsk. “He doesn’t care about Russians and Russian cities. He just wants to take over as many of our cities as possible.” Second, this “also shows that Russia’s attempts to draw red lines simply aren’t working”développe Zelensky.
According to Zelensky, the raid into the Kursk region was about “6,000 victims” Russian side, whether dead or wounded.
