Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops are moving farther into Russia, as Kyiv’s biggest cross-border attack stretched into a second week.
The Ukrainian army entered Russia’s Kursk region on Aug. 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II.
“In the Kursk region, we are moving further. From one to two kilometers (0.6-1.2 miles) in different areas since the beginning of the day,” Zelenskyy said on social media, adding that Ukraine forces had captured more than 100 Russian soldiers.
Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said Ukraine would create a “buffer zone” in the region to prevent Russian cross-border strikes.
“The creation of a buffer zone in the Kursk region is a step to protect our border communities from daily hostile shelling,” he said.
The neighboring Russian region of Belgorod declared its own state of emergency, as the governor warned the situation was “extremely difficult” due to Ukrainian shelling and drone …