Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that Russia, which has been facing an armed incursion by Ukrainians on its Kursk border region for the last three days, should "feel the consequences of the war" it started.
"Russia has brought war to our country and it should feel its consequences," Zelensky said in his daily address, without explicitly mentioning the invasion of Ukrainian troops into Russia.
The deputy governor of the Kursk region Andrey Belostocki said today that Russian forces are fighting to prevent the advance of Ukrainians in the region where Ukrainian forces made a significant incursion this Sunday.
"The enemy has not advanced a meter, on the contrary, it is retreating. Enemy equipment and combat forces are being actively destroyed. We hope that in the near future the enemy will be stopped," Belostocki said, the state news agency RIA-Novosti reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described the incursion as a "big provocation".
Ukrainian officials did not comment on the scope of the operation. If confirmed, this would be perhaps the largest Ukrainian attack since Russia launched the war in February 2022.
The Kursk region's border with Ukraine is 245 kilometers long, which allows sabotage groups to launch quick incursions and seize part of the terrain before Russia quickly deploys its reinforcements.
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