British Defense Secretary responds to Putin's complaints over Kursk region: Russia has occupied 100 times more territory

Russia has occupied much more territory than Ukraine, and this is important to remember when Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is outraged by the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region. To end the war, Russia must leave Ukrainian lands.

This statement was made by British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps. He wrote about this on his account on the social network X.

"Putin's indignation at Ukraine's audacity to seize about 1,000 square kilometers of Russia's Kursk region should be seen in the context of Putin's illegal occupation of 100 times the size of Ukraine (well over 100,000 square kilometers). To end this war, Russia must leave democratic Ukraine," Grant Shapps emphasized.

The day before, dictator Putin told Russians that the Russian army was trying to "drive the enemy out" of the Kursk region and boasted that despite these events, the pace of its offensive on the Ukrainian front had "increased by 1.5 times." At the same time, the war criminal demanded that his officials provide reliable coverage of the border with Ukraine.

Earlier, the Ukrainian military told the WSJ about the details of the breakthrough into the Kursk region. According to the defenders, they "expected stiffer resistance" from the so-called second army of the world.

It was also reported that the day before, Kyiv officially recognized the operation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation for the first time, and the head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, said that as of August 12, the Armed Forces controlled about 1000 square kilometers in the Kursk region.

Meanwhile, ISW stated that, despite Russia's statements, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to advance in the Kursk region. Meanwhile, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is trying to shift the responsibility for the situation in the region to the Russian military and officials and has already publicly declared his refusal to negotiate with Kyiv.

At the same time, the SBU warned that the enemy could stage crimes against civilians in Kursk region, and the Center for Political Analysis analyzed the fakes spread by Russians in connection with the events in Kursk region.

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