Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has pressed Britain to permit attacks with long-range missiles deep inside Russia, as he claimed that his army’s cross-border assault could topple Vladimir Putin.
As of Monday evening, Ukrainian forces had control over approximately 1,000 square kilometers in Kursk, a border region in southern Russia, according to Kiev’s top general. The surprise cross-border attack marks the first foreign invasion of Russian soil since World War II, reports Telegrafi.
Zelensky said that the “Kursk disaster” 24 years ago, in which 118 Russian sailors died in a submarine accident, marked the beginning of Putin’s rule.
“And now it is clear that this is the end for him. And it is also Kursk,” said the Ukrainian president.
As Russian forces conducted counterattacks along the Kursk front line, Zelensky once again urged Western allies to allow the use of long-range missiles deep inside Russia.
He said he had instructed defense officials and diplomats to “submit a list of necessary actions on our part to get permission from our partners to use long-range weapons to protect our territory.”
