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CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Kyiv’s troops are fighting inside Russia, days into the surprise Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region that has become a major embarrassment for the Kremlin.

“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,” Zelensky said in his nightly address to the nation on Saturday, thanking “every unit” of Ukraine’s armed forces for making it possible “to push the war out into the aggressor’s territory.”

The statement marked the first time Zelensky officially acknowledged the incursion, which took by surprise both Russia and Ukraine’s allies. Ukrainian officials have for days remained tight-lipped about the operation, even as photographs, videos and firsthand reports of Ukrainian soldiers inside Russia started to emerge.

Moscow has been scrambling to contain the attack. Russian authorities imposed a sweeping counter-terror operation in Kursk and two other border regions and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from Kursk.

Now into its sixth day, the attack on Kursk is a significant development in the more than two-year old conflict.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would love to see how Axiolii or whatever their name is spinning this. Ukraine is absolutely making the most out of what it has. May their supply lines never run dry.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A few Z-bloggers suggest that it's all a trap to let the troops go in and then circle them, but most of their own crowd tell them to touch grass. A rare breed of atomic vatniks suggests a tactical nuclear strike inside the russian territory since it won't (supposedly) trigger any reaction, and I can't tell if they are trolls or not. Either way, this situation, even downplayed and excused, doesn't seem to sit okay even with the TV-headed net-users.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine going from a 3 day special operation to nuking yourself

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It works well with an old as our monarchy satyrical saying, бей своих чтобы чужие боялись, beat your kin so the others would be afraid of you.

Huh. That saying explains, like, a lot about why Russia be the way it is.