On 12 August 2024, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, conducted a Meeting of the Staff. The key issues discussed were Ukraine’s defensive actions on the front and operations in Russia’s Kursk region.
“We are grateful to all soldiers and commanders for their resilience and decisive actions,” Zelenskyy said.
Among other things, he said, the Minister of Internal Affairs, other Government officials, and the Security Service of Ukraine will prepare “a humanitarian plan for the area of operation.”
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, provided a short report via video link where he claimed that Ukraine controls nearly 1,000 square kilometers of Russia, according to the publicly released fragment of the meeting.
During the meeting, there was also a report by First Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko.
“We are increasing the share of Ukrainian production in public procurement. The Government is preparing long-term, predictable contracts for our companies for 5-10 years.“
Separately, Zelenskyy highlighted that the Ministry of Defense and Ukrainian diplomats will present a list of necessary actions on the Ukrainian part “to obtain partners’ permission to use long-range weapons to defend our territory.”
Ukraine’s operations in Russia’s Kursk region began on 6 August 2024. According to the independent DeepState project, Ukraine controls at least 44 Russian settlements according to “extremely conservative estimates.”
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