Nine hundred days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and six have now passed since Ukraine invaded Russia.
Ukraine’s shock cross-border offensive continues, as Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian State TV today, alongside the Kursk region’s governor, Alexei Smirov, to address the incursion. The Russian President fumed that “the enemy will undoubtedly receive a worthy response”, and that the Ukrainian invaders will be “kicked out”. Smirnov was less energetic, retorting that Ukraine now occupies 28 villages in his region and that 121,000 citizens have been forced to evacuate. Putin did not appear pleased.
In the Belgorod region to Kursk’s south, an additional 11,000 civilians have been ordered to evacuate today following unconfirmed reports that Ukrainian tanks have crossed the border there as well in a new frontier of the offensive.
