The Ukrainian army "reinforces" its positions in the Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today, more than ten days after the start of the large-scale offensive on Russian soil. in the Kursk region and expansion of the stabilized area”, Zelensky said on Telegram, after a meeting with the head of the Ukrainian army.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense said today that it "pushed" the Ukrainian army near three communities in the Kursk region.
The Russian soldiers "pushed" the Ukrainian "attacks" "in the direction of the communities of Korenevo, Ruskoye and Cherkasskoye Poretnoye", the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of planning to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant responsibility to Moscow for this "provocation", as reported by the Interfax news agency.
The ministry said Russia would respond harshly in the event of such an attack, which it said would infect a large area around the station.
Ukraine invaded Russia's western Kursk region on August 6 and claims to have taken control of 82 settlements in an area of 1,150 square kilometers since then.
However the nuclear plant of Kursk remains under Russian control.
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