“After two and a half years, you are still in your positions and have also entered Russia,” Graham told Zelensky. “We are proud of your leadership.”
He called the Ukrainian army’s sabotage “brave and beautiful.”
It should be recalled that on August 6, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the border areas of the Kursk region. As a result, 12 civilians were killed and more than 120 people were injured.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 1,610 servicemen, 32 tanks, 23 armored personnel carriers and 17 infantry fighting vehicles since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk direction.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that a tough response from the Russian Armed Forces to Ukrainian attacks on Russian regions would not be long in coming.
The official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Svetlana Petrenko, said that during the attack on the territory of the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military deliberately committed crimes against the civilian population. She also named the officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suspected of the attack on the Kursk region.
