STORM TO VICTORY
Kursk siege was Ukraine’s first move in plot to destroy Putin’s war machine, Zelensky warns as he calls for weapons
Ukraine has destroyed key Russian bridges during its Kursk siege
PRESIDENT Zelensky warned the Kursk siege was only the beginning of his plot to destroy Putin's war machine as he called for more weapons.
The Ukrainian leader praised his troops for doing an "outstanding job" in breaking through the Russian border, but said help from the West needs to "speed up".
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Ukraine launched a daring invasion onto Russian soil to try and stretch Putin's army as far as possible on August 6.
Speaking tonight in a video on X, Zelensky said his soldiers are "doing everything to hold the positions" they've obtained behind enemy lines.
He added: "In every direction, our troops are doing an outstanding job.
"However, when it comes to supplies from our partners, we need things to speed up.
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"There are no holidays in war. We need decisions—we need timely logistics for the promised aid packages. I’m specifically addressing the United States, the United Kingdom, and France."
Zelensky added in his update that today Ukrainian forces achieved "good and much needed results in destroying Russian equipment near Toretsk."
He said his "primary task" is "to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible and conduct maximum counter offensive actions."
The Ukranian President also stressed that "important weeks of diplomatic work lie ahead" and said he will continue to "expand the circle" of those who "support a just end to this war. "
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The offensive has seen Volodymyr Zelensky's troops seize as much Russian land in just eight days of their mini invasion as Putin's forces achieved in the last eight months.
Ukraine's armed forces have stormed across the border in beefed up convoys including tanks and aircraft since starting to attack.
Watch as Ukrainian missile blasts ANOTHER Kursk bridge to cut off Putin's troops
Kyiv now claims to control 74 settlements in Kusrk and a formidable 1,000 square kilometres of enemy soil as of Tuesday evening.
With the figure expected to continue to increase as they push on with their fiery war plans, says general Oleksander Syrsky.
New footage released today showed a key bridge in Kursk being obliterated by a Ukrainian bomb.
A second span across the River Seym was hammered in a matter of days by a targeted strike.
Vladimir Putin is 'rattled' by invasion
By Owen Leonard
VLADIMIR Putin has been labelled "hesitant" and "rattled" as the Russian tyrant grapples with Ukraine's surprise invasion.
Kyiv's troops launched a shock offensive into the Kursk region last week ruffling the president's feathers.
Footage has since emerged of a nervous Vlad addressing Russia's security and defence chiefs.
He appears unsteady as he twitches and rubs his hands together.
International Institute for Strategic Studies senior researcher Nigel Gould-Davies said the 71-year-old looked "rattled".
Gould-Davies wrote on X: "Putin discussing Ukraine’s incursion into Russia, which he says the West is behind.
"He looks and sounds not angry, outraged, determined — but hesitant and rattled."
Body language pro Professor Erik Bucy told The Sun that Putin was uncharacteristically speaking with "a halting and unconvincing delivery".
He said: "These clips of Putin depict a leader who has been knocked off balance.
"He comes across as both nonchalant and unconvinced by what he is saying, like a salesman reading a prepared script for the first time.
"For a warlord intent on dominating Ukraine and other neighbouring countries, Putin seems uncharacteristically subdued and preoccupied.
"Lacking conviction, he is clearly just reading whatever someone had just put in front of him."
A massive hole has been left by the precision strike making it impassable for vehicles, but the span does not fully collapse.
It was not immediately clear what type of bomb had hit the bridge.
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But, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed responsibility and said it had used a "precise strike from the air".
The bridge is next to the town of Zvannoe and is 8km west of another bridge on the same river that Ukraine destroyed Friday.
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