Russia-Ukraine War: Selenskyj: Also troop presence in the Russian area of ​​Belgorod

According to President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, the Ukrainian armed forces now keep positions in the neighboring Belgorod region. “We carry out active operations in the border regions in the area of ​​the enemy,” said the head of state in his evening video message that was spread in Kiev. It was the first official confirmation from him. “The war has to return where it came from,” he said.

From the Russian side there is no confirmation that Ukrainian troops have entered the Belgorod area. However, the regional administration in Belgorod has lost control there since parts close to the border were shot at the Ukrainian side. In the past, fighting Russians had penetrated there in the past.

Kyiv: Operations in the enemy area to protect your own regions

After the penetration of the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk area, that would be a new successful needle base Kiews against Russia at the beginning of August, which Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin would like to represent as invulnerable.

As with the operation in the Kursk area, it is also about protecting Ukrainian areas, said Selenskyj – and specifically called the border regions Charkiw and Sumy. Commander -in -chief Oleksandr Syrskyj taught him directly to the enemy area about these activities along the border line, said Selenskyj. He thanked the soldiers for their courage and resistance; Even with the courtyard offensive, you would have managed to weaken the Russian pressure on other parts of the front, especially in the Donetsk area.

Russia spoke of successful defense

The Ukrainian side had not yet commented on the Belgorod area. The Russian Ministry of Defense informed about allegedly repulsed attacks. Moscow military observers had recently reported that the Russians had destroyed their own dam in the Belgorod border area with an aerial bomb – in the village of Popowka only a few hundred meters from the Ukrainian border. This should prevent the laying of severe Ukrainian armored technology.

In the neighboring Kursk region, Ukrainian units had checked a larger area for months, but recently had to largely withdraw. Western observers are critical of the penetration of the Ukrainian armed forces on the Russian side because resources on other important sections of the front are missing.