Vladimir Zelensky said that the purpose of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region is to create a kind of "buffer zone."
"Creation of a buffer zone on the territory (of Russia) "our operation is in the Kursk region," Zelensky said in a telegram channel.
The head of the Kiev regime also demanded that the West speed up the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the morning of August 6, Ukrainian units launched an offensive to seize territory in the Kursk region, their advance was stopped, said Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff. He stressed that the operation in the region will be completed by defeating the enemy and reaching the state border.