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KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia needed to “feel” the consequences of its war as a major Ukrainian incursion across the Russian border stretched into a third day. Pro-Kyiv forces stormed into Russia’s southwestern Kursk region on Tuesday morning, deploying around 1,000 troops and more than two dozen armored vehicles and tanks, according to the Russian army. It appears to be the most significant Ukrainian attack into Russia since the war began, with independent analysts suggesting Kyiv’s troops had advanced up to 10 kilometers into Russia. “Russia brought the war to our land and should feel what it has done,” Zelensky said in his evening address, without directly referring to the offensive. “Ukrainians know how to achieve their goals. And we did not choose to achieve our goals in the war,” he added. Russia’s defense ministry said Thursday its troops were “continuing to destroy” armed Ukrainian units and were using air strikes, rocket and artillery fire to try to push them back. It said it had rushed in reserves and was “thwarting attempts to break through” deeper into the Kursk region. The independent US-based Institute for the Study of War said Ukraine had made significant territorial gains in the first two days of the incursion. “Ukrainian forces have made confirmed advances up to 10 kilometers (six miles) into Russia’s Kursk Oblast amid continued mechanized offensive operations on Russian territory,” it said in its latest update. “The current confirmed extent and location of Ukrainian advances in Kursk Oblast indicate that Ukrainian forces have penetrated at least two Russian defensive lines and a stronghold,” it added.
It’s been a significant move, with Ukrainian forces reportedly advancing up to 10 km into Kursk. Zelensky’s message is clear: Russia needs to face the consequences of the conflict it started. 
Meanwhile, Russia’s defense efforts are ramping up. It’s a critical moment in the war, and the situation is evolving rapidly.
