Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the western border region of Kursk, warning that Russia was “getting what it deserves.”
While it is not transparent to what extent Ukraine had made progress in the region, the attack comes at a critical time in the nearly three-year clash with the two sides seeking to spur their negotiations ahead of U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White Space on Jan. 20.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that he will again call on allies to boost his country’s air defenses at a meeting of the Ramstein group in Germany this week.
He said that dozens of spousal countries will participate in the assembly, “adding those that can stimulate our capabilities not only to protect themselves from opposing missiles, but also from guided bombs and Russian aviation. “
“We will talk about it with them and continue to convince them,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly leadership on Saturday. “The task remains unchanged: for our air defense. “
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin will attend the meeting, which originally had been due to take place in October and attended by President Biden. It was postponed because Hurricane Milton battered the U.S.
In a few weeks beyond power, Biden’s management has been tension to send as much help from the army as imaginable to Ukraine.
Ukraine used two tanks, a dozen armored cars and a demolition unit in Sunday’s assault, which is directed towards the town of Berdin, about nine miles northeast of Sudzha, said the Russian Defense Ministry.
“The operation to destroy the formations of the Ukrainians continues,” he said.
Pro-Kremlin military bloggers admitted the Russian army had come under pressure but said Moscow was fighting back.
“The main occasions of the next offensive through the Ukrainian army are obviously still before us,” said Rybar, the influential pro-ruso telegram.
Ukrainian officials have given few main points about the new offensive, with an outstanding legislator who urges silence.
“I do not perceive why it is officially reporting about the Kursk region. Said Ukrainian deputy Oleksiy Goncarenko.
Others have expressed their joy for the answer, which has happened for almost 3 years since Moscow introduced their giant attack on the opposite army to Ukraine.
“Russia gets what it deserves,” said Andriy Yermak, leader of Ukraine’s presidential election.
The head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko, said on Telegram that defense forces were “working” in the area, without elaborating.
“In the Kursk region, the Russians are very worried because they were attacked from various directions, and it is a wonder for them,” he said.
kyiv confiscated dozens of villages in the Kursk region in a while after the start of his incursion on August 6, 2024, however, his advances blocked after Moscow hastened reinforcements in the region, adding thousands of troops from troops of Your best friend in North Korea.
A Ukrainian army source told AFP last November that Kyiv still controlled around 300 square miles of the Russian border region.
But Kiev has been unable to prevent Moscow’s advances in Ukraine, which were seven times higher in 2024 than last year, according to an AFP investigation by the Institute for the Review of War.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged normal attacks since the beginning of the year.
Russia said Sunday that he had killed dozens of Ukrainian drones during the night in a dam that has broken the houses and caused aerial alerts, while kyiv said that Moscow had fired 103 drones in their territory.
Four Russian airports suspended early traffic on Sunday for “security” reasons, forcing at least 8 planes to divert the course, Rosaviatsia said, spokesman for the civil aviation authority.