“Russia does not want a ceasefire, and we see it. And we understand that it wants, what are the next steps, where they gather the military, where the increase in shots, where an increase in attacks and offenses. For example, throughout the front line today we see more than 200 [атак] “And this is definitely an increase,” he said.
According to Zelensky, an increase in the number of attacks of the invaders could be a few days ago, but the weather prevented.
“Now we see: they will do this, they need steps, they really want to oust us completely from the Kursk region. But everyone again understands and confirms, and now the colleagues of our generals – representatives of France and Britain – everyone understands that there is no environment, we are in the Kursk region. And not only in the Kursk region, by the way, there is our presence. It is clear that they want to do as much as possible, they have everything in the next month. Symbolic dates for them, when they want to show certain victorious steps, but so far we are controlling the situation, ”he added.
The president emphasized that in the Kursk direction now 64 thousand Russian military.
“We hold a large number of military in the Kursk direction, 64 thousand of their troops are a very serious group that could spread everywhere and attack us from other directions throughout the front line. Therefore, the guys are just well done,” he summed up.
Context
The defense forces of Ukraine conduct a military operation in the Kursk region from August 6, 2024. According to Zelensky, the aggressor country transferred 60 thousand military to this direction, including taken from the front in Ukraine.
On January 10, 2025, Zelensky said that the Kursk operation was a preventive step. Thanks to her, it was possible to protect Suma and Kharkov from the occupation, he noted. The fact that the operation was conceived as a blow to the “weak place” of the invaders who were going to attack Kharkov and Sumy, by January 19 was also reported by the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces.
On February 5, Zelensky expressed confidence that the Russian military would not be able to “push in the near future Ukrainians from the Kursk region, where Russia lost 40 thousand military.
The first occupation of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation by the foreign military since the Second World War – this is a personal failure of the illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, noted Bloomberg on February 6. The Kremlin was reported on March 12 that Putin I held a meeting In one of the control points of the Kursk group of troops, he set the task “as soon as possible to finally defeat the enemy” and “think about creating a security zone along the state border.”
On March 28, Zelensky stated that Ukrainian troops continue to carry out combat missions in the Kursk region. “In the Kursk direction, the guys do everything possible and impossible, there is our physical presence, without any environment. As long as we are there, this is a restraining moment so that the Russians do not start an invasion of the Sumy region,” he said.
