Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned final yr the Kursk operation has boosted Kyiv’s “alternate fund” – its negotiating place on swapping prisoners of struggle – and diverted tens of hundreds of Russian troops away from the jap entrance.
He mentioned Saturday night that “as much as a battalion of North Korean infantry troopers and Russian airborne troops” had been misplaced in battles within the Kursk area on that day and the day earlier than.
However Kyiv has up to now been unable to halt Moscow’s advances in Ukraine, which had been seven occasions increased in 2024 than the yr prior, based on an AFP evaluation of knowledge from the Institute for the Research of Warfare.
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Each Russia and Ukraine have exchanged common assaults for the reason that yr started.
Russia mentioned Sunday it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in a single day in a barrage that broken houses and triggered air alerts, whereas Kyiv mentioned Moscow fired 103 drones into its territory.
4 Russian airports briefly suspended visitors early Sunday for “security” causes, forcing at the very least eight planes to divert course, a spokesperson for Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia mentioned.
