Ukraine’s military is trying ’to push the war out into the aggressor’s territory,’ Zelenskyy said Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday indirectly acknowledged for the first time that Ukraine is conducting a military offensive in Russian territory amid Moscow’s reports that forces have launched attacks in the Kursk region since last week.
Ukraine’s military is trying “to push the war out into the aggressor’s territory,” Zelenskyy said on Saturday, according to a transcript.
“Ukraine is proving that it really knows how to restore justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed … pressure on the aggressor,” he said, referring to Russia.
He did not elaborate on the nature of the military operation and did not say whether it was occurring in Russian territory.
The exact aims of the operation remain unclear, and Ukrainian military officials have not commented on the matter. Military experts have said that it is likely intended to draw Russian reserves away from the intense fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, while a presidential adviser suggested that it may strengthen Kyiv’s hand in any future negotiations with Russia.
But Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Sunday that Ukraine is committing terrorist attacks with the incursion in