Speaking throughout his night time speech on Saturday, Zelensky stated that “as much as a battalion” of Russian paratroopers and North Korean troopers have been killed in a two-day interval close to a village within the Kursk area.
Russian and North Korean forces “misplaced as much as one infantry battalion” in two days throughout combating close to the village of Makhnovka within the Kursk area, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.
Speaking in his night speech on Saturday, Zelensky stated that among the many troopers killed have been Russian paratroopers and troopers from Pyongyang, which Moscow had deployed within the battle late final 12 months. A battalion is usually made up of as much as 1,000 troopers.
“The commander-in-chief additionally reported on the state of affairs within the Kursk area. Specifically, in as we speak’s and yesterday’s battles close to just one village – Makhnovka within the Kursk area – the Russian military misplaced as much as one infantry battalion, together with North Korean troopers. and Russian paratroopers and that is tangible,” Zelensky stated.
Kiev’s forces launched the unprecedented invasion of Kursk in early August and achieved preliminary success by conquering greater than 1,000 sq. kilometers of Russian territory, the primary time Russia had been invaded since World War II.
In the months following the shock offensive, Russia rallied its forces to mount a counterattack. Since being caught unexpectedly by the Ukrainian incursion, Russia has massed greater than 50,000 troops within the area, together with some from its ally North Korea.
Precise figures are troublesome to acquire, however Moscow’s counterattack killed and wounded hundreds of individuals, whereas the exhausted Ukrainians misplaced greater than 40% of the Kursk territory they’d captured in August, based on navy sources.
Russia presently controls a couple of fifth of Ukraine and has exploited weaknesses in Ukraine’s defenses over the previous 12 months it advances slowly in the eastern areas regardless of excessive losses of troops and tools.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy introduced plans for conferences with worldwide allies this week on the US air base in Ramstein, Germany.
During his speech on Saturday, Zelensky stated the talks would concentrate on initiatives to strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.
“Dozens of associate international locations will take part, together with these able to strengthening our protection not solely in opposition to missiles but additionally guided bombs and Russian plane,” he stated.
