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The purpose of 'Zelensky's gamble in Kursk region' was to draw the United States and NATO into the 'direct conflict with Russia', Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, claimed in an interview with Russian media in New York on Friday.
"The only purpose of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky's gamble in the Kursk region is to try to draw the United States and its NATO allies into a direct conflict with Russia. Because the Ukrainian dictator now has no other scheme, no other plan B. He [Zelensky] is rapidly losing territory in the east of his country. Ukraine is obviously losing on the battlefield," Polyansky said.
In addition, Russia's first deputy UN envoy went on to say that despite the AFU's breakthrough in the Kursk region, the pace of the Russian troops' advance in the combat zone on Ukrainian territory had increased.
"The plan was to force us to pull back the reserve units that attack the Ukrainian armed forces in the east, in Donbass, but, as you have absolutely correctly pointed out, the pace of our advance in Donbass has increased. We liberate multiple settlements every day. And even the Ukrainians admit it. The Ukrainian front is falling apart," the politician explained.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'Zelensky's gamble in Kursk region' aimed at drawing USA and NATO into 'direct conflict with Russia' - Russia's Polyansky
The purpose of 'Zelensky's gamble in Kursk region' was to draw the United States and NATO into the 'direct conflict with Russia', Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, claimed in an interview with Russian media in New York on Friday.
"The only purpose of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky's gamble in the Kursk region is to try to draw the United States and its NATO allies into a direct conflict with Russia. Because the Ukrainian dictator now has no other scheme, no other plan B. He [Zelensky] is rapidly losing territory in the east of his country. Ukraine is obviously losing on the battlefield," Polyansky said.
In addition, Russia's first deputy UN envoy went on to say that despite the AFU's breakthrough in the Kursk region, the pace of the Russian troops' advance in the combat zone on Ukrainian territory had increased.
"The plan was to force us to pull back the reserve units that attack the Ukrainian armed forces in the east, in Donbass, but, as you have absolutely correctly pointed out, the pace of our advance in Donbass has increased. We liberate multiple settlements every day. And even the Ukrainians admit it. The Ukrainian front is falling apart," the politician explained.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
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The purpose of 'Zelensky's gamble in Kursk region' was to draw the United States and NATO into the 'direct conflict with Russia', Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, claimed in an interview with Russian media in New York on Friday.
"The only purpose of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky's gamble in the Kursk region is to try to draw the United States and its NATO allies into a direct conflict with Russia. Because the Ukrainian dictator now has no other scheme, no other plan B. He [Zelensky] is rapidly losing territory in the east of his country. Ukraine is obviously losing on the battlefield," Polyansky said.
In addition, Russia's first deputy UN envoy went on to say that despite the AFU's breakthrough in the Kursk region, the pace of the Russian troops' advance in the combat zone on Ukrainian territory had increased.
"The plan was to force us to pull back the reserve units that attack the Ukrainian armed forces in the east, in Donbass, but, as you have absolutely correctly pointed out, the pace of our advance in Donbass has increased. We liberate multiple settlements every day. And even the Ukrainians admit it. The Ukrainian front is falling apart," the politician explained.
Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region on August 6 in an offensive described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a 'large-scale provocation'. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions on August 9, while more than 133,000 people have been evacuated from the Kursk border districts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as 'purely [a] security issue for Ukraine', with fighting ongoing.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.