Zelenskyy marks 6-month anniversary of Ukraine’s Kursk operation

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid tribute to the country’s "warriors" successful the Kursk cognition successful an code Thursday marking the six-month day of the cognition successful Russia.

"With our progressive cognition connected Russian territory, we person brought the warfare location to Russia, and it is determination that they indispensable consciousness what warfare is. And they do," Zelenskyy said successful his regular address.

He said Ukrainian soldiers person shown that, adjacent with constricted resources, Ukraine tin "act decisively, unexpectedly, and effectively."

"We are exposing Russia’s bluff for what it is – a bluff," helium said.

In its statement of the operation, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based probe and advocacy organization, cited the quality of a tiny radical of Ukrainian troops successful Kursk oblast to complicate Russian efforts to beforehand successful Ukraine and undermine the Russian subject to motorboat oregon renew violative operations successful what it called "low-priority areas of the beforehand line."

"The warfare successful Ukraine, successful different words, is not permanently stalemated. Either broadside tin perchance restore, maneuver and statesman to summation oregon regain important territory. Russia volition beryllium capable to bash truthful if the West reduces oregon cuts disconnected aid. Ukraine whitethorn beryllium capable to bash truthful if Western enactment continues to empower Ukrainian innovation," the Institute said successful a Thursday quality release.

Ukrainian officials reported harm Thursday astatine a marketplace successful the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv aft the latest circular of overnight Russian drone attacks targeting aggregate parts of the country.

Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said connected Telegram that debris from a downed drone damaged powerfulness lines successful the city.

Ukraine’s subject said its aerial defenses changeable down 56 of the 77 full drones deployed by Russian forces.

The intercepts took spot implicit the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia and Zhytomyr regions, according to the military.

Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysask said connected Telegram that Russian drone attacks and shelling damaged much than 10 houses successful his region.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday it destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones overnight.

About fractional of the drones were changeable down implicit the Sea of Azov, the ministry said, portion Russian forces destroyed the others of the Rostov, Krasnodar and Astrakhan regions.

Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a drone struck a car successful the colony of Logachyovka, sidesplitting 3 people.

Some accusation for this study came from Agence France-Presse and Reuters.