Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly decried Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region as a "large-scale provocation."
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Putin decried Ukraine's incursion into his country's Kursk region as a 'large-scale provocation'.
Putin described the Ukrainian incursion as 'a large-scale provocation'
Whoever starts a war of aggression against their neighboring country also turns their own territory into a war zone. Ukraine's attack on Kursk is completely legitimate and makes military sense.
This forces Russia to withdraw forces from the east.
With this operation, Ukraine is proving its ability to act and showing the Russian population that their dictator's war of aggression also affects them.
Ukraine can stop Putin's war of aggression by sending the invading troops home. This has already been achieved in half of the occupied territories.
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