The military operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region is helping the front, preventing the Russian Federation from moving additional units to the Donetsk region and complicating its military logistics.
The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Georgy Tikhy, said that the purpose of the operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation is not to occupy foreign territories, but to preserve the lives of our people and protect the territory of Ukraine from Russian attacks. Ukraine’s actions are completely legitimate, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not violate international humanitarian law. He said this at a briefing on August 13, Ukrinform reports.
“I want to emphasize that, unlike Russia, Ukraine does not need other people, Ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the Kursk region, but we want to protect the lives of our people,” said Tikhy.
In this context, he recalled that from the Kursk region since the beginning of summer, more than two thousand strikes were carried out in the Sumy region of Ukraine alone – “this is the MLRS, this is cannon artillery, drones, 250 that guided bomb, more than a hundred missiles.”
“Unfortunately, Ukraine does not have sufficient capabilities to carry out long-term strikes with existing weapons to protect itself from this terror – there are no corresponding decisions in which we insist, with the help of the Armed Forces, to free these border areas from Russian military contingents carrying out strikes against Ukraine or harboring terrorism against the Ukrainians of Ukraine,” said the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry.
He added that the military operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region is helping the front, preventing the Russian Federation from moving additional units to the Donetsk region and complicating its military logistics.
“I would like to separately note that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are a civilized European military force that fully complies with the laws and customs of war and international humanitarian law. The purpose of this operation is to preserve the lives of our people and protect the territory of Ukraine from Russian attacks,” Tikhy said.
He mentioned President Zelensky’s statement that Russia brought this war to the territory of Ukraine and that it is right that now the war is back on the territory of Russia.
“The sooner Russia agrees to the restoration of a just world, especially on the basis of the Peace Formula, which leads to this peace, the sooner the Ukrainian Defense Forces invade Russian territory. And while Putin continues the war this , he will receive such answers from Ukraine, to what Ukraine needs These are completely legitimate actions of Ukraine, in particular, within the framework of the implementation of the right to self-defense according to the UN Charter ,” the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry. .
According to him, Moscow is very concerned that the operation of the Defense Forces takes place without violations of international humanitarian law, which they want to use in their propaganda. Therefore, there are reasonable suspicions and fears that Russia may try to commit such incidents, including the possible dressing of Russian military personnel in Ukrainian uniforms, he said.
“We actively warn our partners to be ready for such a development of events, if such attempts are made by Russia, to remain vigilant and not fall into these traps of Russian propaganda,” concluded the representative of the Foreign Ministry.
We remind you that the United States supports the advance of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kursk region, as this operation is aimed at self-defense.
As is known, according to the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky at the Headquarters, the Ukrainian army controls about 1000 square kilometers of Russian territory.
Source: korrespondent
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