Zelenskyy on Kursk offensive: Ukraine continues to replenish its PoW exchange pool

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is continuing to bring the war to Russia and replenish its prisoner-of-war exchange pool in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

Source: President Zelenskyy’s video address on 31 August

Quote from Zelenskyy: "I spoke to the Commander-in-Chief [of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi] today. The largest number of [Russian] assaults occurred on the Pokrovsk front. The situation on the Kramatorsk, Toretsk and Kupiansk fronts is also challenging. Almost 200 battles take place every day across all fronts.

The most important thing right now is to inflict the most damage on occupation forces and repel every Russian attack.

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[With Syrskyi], we also discussed the details of our offensive operations and actions in [Russia’s] Kursk Oblast. We are continuing to replenish Ukraine’s prisoner-of-war exchange pool and to bring the war to Russia."

Background:

• Ukraine launched the Kursk offensive on 6 August, with Ukrainian forces crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border near the city of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
• On 10 August, the fifth day of Ukrainian forces’ advance into Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine was undertaking operations to bring the war to Russia.
• As of 20 August, Ukrainian forces controlled more than 1,260 sq km of territory and 93 settlements in Kursk Oblast, Russia.
• On 30 August, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported at a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief that Ukrainian troops had advanced up to two kilometres in some areas of Russia's Kursk Oblast over the previous day and took control of 5 square kilometres of Russian territory.

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