Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. ‘We continue to carry out active operations in the border areas on enemy territory, and that is absolutely just — war must return to where it came from,’ he said on Monday. His comments also referred to Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine still holds a small area after a major offensive last year. Moscow has since retaken most of the territory. … Russia’s military had last month reported Ukrainian attempts to cross over into the Belgorod region — but said such attacks had been rebuffed. The areas in question are only a short distance inside Russian territory.” (04/08/25)