Zelenskiy Says Kursk Operation Is Going According to Plan
- Ukraine leader vows to restore nation’s territorial integrity
- Kyiv’s forces made surprise incursion into Russia this month
Ukrainian soldiers return from Russia, near the Russia-Ukraine border, in the Sumy region, on Aug. 17.
Photographer: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo
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Ukraine’s operation across the border into Russia’s Kursk region is going according to a plan that aimed to prevent Moscow’s attempts to occupy the northeastern city of Sumy, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
The incursion, which started in early August, was done to protect the Sumy region and also to capture Russian soldiers who could be used for prisoner swaps, Ukraine’s leader said. The first swap involving those Kursk-area POWs took place on Saturday with each side exchanging 115 soldiers.