Summary of the day
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, has said that “in the Kursk region, we can clearly see how the military tool is being used objectively to persuade [the Russian Federation] to enter a fair negotiation process.”
Military authorities in Pokrovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine, have urged civilians to speed up their evacuation because the Russian army is quickly closing in.
Russian attacks killed three civilians in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the region’s governor said.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update that after initial disorganisation, Russian forces have deployed in greater force in the Kursk region.
A Russian parliamentary deputy, Mikhail Sheremet, said that the Ukrainian incursion into Russia has brought the world close to an all-out global war.
Russia is seeking to open a criminal case against two journalists of Italy’s state broadcaster Rai who entered the Kursk region alongside Ukrainian troops.
Test results showed that the tap water at a German military base in Cologne was not contaminated.
Kursk incursion used to 'persuade' Russia on 'fair negotiation process', Ukrainian official says
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, has said today that “we need to inflict significant tactical defeats on Russia.”
“In the Kursk region, we can clearly see how the military tool is being used objectively to persuade [the Russian Federation] to enter a fair negotiation process,” he said in a social media post.
“An important tool is also the influence on public opinion within Russia, which is beginning to change when the war has come deep into their territory,” he noted.
“Negative changes in the psychological state of the Russian population will be another argument for the start of negotiations,” he said.
