President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had opened a new front in Russia's Belgorod Province and were now fighting there, as well as in Kursk, defending the incursions as an "absolutely jus

The actions of the Ukrainian military on the Belgorod direction thwarted the Russian plans for an offensive on the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. The Russian forces were unable to create a powerful offensive "punch,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. "We continue to carry out active operations in the border areas on enemy territory, and that is absolutely just - war must return to where it came from," he said on Monday.