Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, following in the footsteps of the country’s President Alexander Stubb, expressed his support for the Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Kursk region.
– Ukraine has the right to defend itself. It is clear that he can carry out the Kursk operation. Our task is to support Ukraine as much and as long as necessary, Orpo said at a press conference with the new Prime Minister of Estonia, Kristen Michal.
The head of the Finnish government expressed his belief that helping Ukraine is the only way to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin and achieve peace on Kiev’s terms.
Earlier, Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated that Ukraine has the right to defend itself against Russian aggression, including through actions in the Kursk Oblast.
Offensive in Kursk Oblast. Ukrainians surprised Russians
Ukrainian armed forces entered Kursk Oblast on August 6. The attack surprised Russian authorities, who announced an “anti-terrorist operation” in the oblast and began evacuating residents from border areas.
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Oleksandr Sursky, said that 74 Russian cities and 1,000 km2 of territory are under Ukrainian control – more than three times as much as the Russian side claims.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday after a meeting with military and security commanders that “the enemy, with the help of his Western masters, is carrying out their orders, and the West is waging war against us, with the help of Ukrainians.”
According to the governor of Kursk Oblast, Alexei Smirnov, Ukrainian troops occupied 28 cities, and the Ukrainian analytical project DeepState, which prepares maps illustrating the situation on the front, estimated their number at 44.
How much of Russia’s territory does Ukraine control?
According to various estimates, Ukrainian forces advanced 20 to 30 km into Russian territory. The Center for Oriental Studies estimates that “the peak of the Ukrainian advance occurred in mid-August 12, when, moving northward, they took over the territory up to the Kriemianoye-Septukhovka-Ivnitsa line, more than 20 km from the border.”
According to OSW, it is an open question whether Kiev, if it succeeds in penetrating Russia deeper than it has done so far, will decide to withdraw from the front in Ukraine and send further troops to the Kursk Oblast, thereby threatening a further deterioration of the situation in the country’s situation on its own territory.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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