“During these 5 days, Russian troops have tried to break through our lines in the Kursk region. Our soldiers are holding their positions and counterattacking,” Mr. Zelensky said on X after meeting with commanders. High ranking commander of Ukraine.
According to Reuters, on August 6, Ukrainian forces suddenly overran Russia’s Kursk border region, quickly gaining control of 1,300km.2 territory with more than 100 settlements.
However, Kiev’s advance is currently stalled, with Russia last week saying it had regained some settlements.
Mr. Zelensky also described the battles on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops are continuously advancing, as “especially fierce”.
At the same time, the General Staff of Ukraine wrote on Facebook that Ukraine’s Kursk operation was still ongoing and Russian forces continued to attack Kiev forces on Russian territory with guided bombs.
Ukraine wants Brazil to arrest the Russian President
Responding to Reuters, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on October 14 that he had intelligence sources that Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely to attend the G20 Summit in Brazil in November, calling on the Brazilian government carry out the ICC’s arrest warrant against Mr. Putin.
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Putin and the commissioner for children’s rights of the Russian Federation – Ms. Maria Lvova-Belova, on charges of “possible involvement in war crimes”. war” of illegally bringing children from occupied regions of Ukraine to Russia.
Mr. Kostin said that as a member state of the ICC, Brazil has an obligation to arrest Mr. Putin when the Russian President visits the country.