{"id":4860,"date":"2025-04-08T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukrainian-army-present-in-russias-belgorod-oblast-zelensky-says\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T00:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:01:28","slug":"ukrainian-army-present-in-russias-belgorod-oblast-zelensky-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukrainian-army-present-in-russias-belgorod-oblast-zelensky-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian army present in Russia&#8217;s Belgorod Oblast, Zelensky says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1141223241.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian army present in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, Zelensky says\"><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Armed Forces are present in Belgorod Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address on April 7.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine first launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/the-rise-and-fall-of-ukraines-kursk-gambit\/\"><strong>surprise offensive<\/strong><\/a> into Russia&#8217;s Kursk Oblast in August 2024. Ukrainian officials have said the move forced Russia to move resources away from its offensives in Eastern Ukraine, and captured land could be used as a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(T)hanks to the entire Kursk operation \u2013 we have managed to ease the pressure on other parts of the front, particularly in the Donetsk (Oblast). It is absolutely crucial to keep destroying Russian equipment and all logistics used by the occupiers along the front,&#8221; Zelensky <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/en\/news\/rosiya-povinna-vidpovidati-za-cyu-vijnu-i-ce-bude-u-bud-yaki-97093\">said<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said Commander-in-Chief <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/oleksandr-syrskyi\/\">Oleksandr Syrskyi<\/a><\/strong> confirmed Ukraine&#8217;s military presence in Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts.<\/p>\n<p>Syrskyi reported on &#8220;the front, our presence in Kursk, and our presence in the Belgorod (Oblast). We continue to conduct active operations in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-border\/\">border areas<\/a><\/strong> on enemy territory, and this is absolutely just \u2014 the war must return to where it came from,&#8221; Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia continues to press on in its war against Ukraine. On April 4, a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/4-injured-children-in-kryvyi-rih-missile-attack-still-in-serious-conditions-mayor-says\/\">Russian missile attack<\/a><\/strong> on Kryvyi Rih killed 20 people and injured 75 people.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/united-states\/\"><strong>U.S<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>. has been in talks with Ukraine and Russia to negotiate an end to Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/moscow\/\"><strong>Moscow<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> has shown signs it is unwilling to move forward on a peace deal with Ukraine. Russian authorities have listed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/putin-unwilling-to-compromise-in-peace-talks-setting-maximalist-demands\/\"><strong>maximalist demands<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> in ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has already <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-agrees-to-30-day-ceasefire-if-russia-abides-by-it-kyiv-says\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><strong>agreed<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>to a U.S.-proposed full 30-day ceasefire, saying on March 11 that Kyiv is ready if Russia also agrees to the<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/lasting-peace-in-ukraine-requires-increased-pressure-on-russia-security-guarantees-yermak-says\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><strong>terms<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. So far, Moscow has refused<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/as-peace-talks-stumble-can-ukraine-hold-the-line-against-russias-spring-offensive\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">As peace talks stumble, can Ukraine hold the line against Russia\u2019s spring offensive?<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">In a way unseen since the start of the full-scale invasion, the daily grind of the front line in Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has taken the back seat in world headlines. The dizzying U.S. President Donald Trump-led attempts to negotiate peace in the world arena dominate the news cycle<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Ukrainian army present in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, Zelensky says\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Francis Farrell<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198879135-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian army present in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, Zelensky says\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukrainian-army-present-in-russias-belgorod-oblast-zelensky-says\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Armed Forces are present in Belgorod Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address on April 7. Ukraine first launched a surprise offensive into Russia&#8217;s Kursk Oblast in August 2024. 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