Ukraine ‘advancing in the Kursk region’, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, adding while ‘not forgetting our eastern front’
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said today that “we are not forgetting our eastern front for a second.”
Ukrainian report from Sudzha, where many residents were left to deal with hunger and Russian air strikes until Ukrainian aid arrived together with journalists. pic.twitter.com/3MCMrJSepY
“I have instructed the commander-in-chief to strengthen this direction using the equipment and supplies currently provided by our partners,” he noted.
The Ukrainian president also said “we are advancing in the Kursk region, one to two kilometers in various areas since the beginning of the day. We have captured more than 100 Russian servicemen during this period.”
Russia moving troops from Kaliningrad to Kursk
Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas said Russia was moving troops from its Kaliningrad exclave to counter Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region.
“We are seeing how they are transferring troops from Kaliningrad to Kursk,” he said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Kasčiūnas also said that the offensive in Russia’s Kursk region is thus “demilitarising” the Kaliningrad region.
Wedged between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast, Kaliningrad is home to Russia’s Baltic Fleet and maintains a significant presence of armed forces. Previously, Lithuanian officials also said that Russia had, at times, deployed tactical nuclear weapons to the region.
Kaliningrad is also seen as a headache to the Baltic and NATO commanders, who are wary of Russia’s ability to use the troops in the exclave to seize the so-called Suwalki Gap in the event of an armed conflict. This would then cut off the Baltic states from the rest of their NATO allies.
