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Zelenskiy aide says ‘root cause of any escalation’, including into Kursk, is Moscow’s ‘unequivocal aggression’

Ukraine has publicly justified its attack into Russian territory for the first time, amid reports that its forces are advancing towards a village 13 miles (20km) inside the Kursk region on the third day of its incursion.

Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to the president’s office, said “the root cause of any escalation”, including into Kursk, was “unequivocal aggression” on the part of Russia in believing it could invade Ukraine with impunity.

The statement is the first acknowledgment by any leading Ukrainian official of the ongoing offensive amid silence from the country’s military on events in the Russian region. “War is war, with its own rules, where the aggressor inevitably reaps corresponding outcomes,” Podolyak added.

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[-] Jivebunny@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not yet.

Edit: I don't mean that as a tankie stance. I mean 'drowning man will clutch at a straw' kind of thing.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

All we can hope for is that we get another Vasily Arkhipov.

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