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00:00After five days of Ukrainian offensives on Russian territory,
00:03President Zelensky acknowledged for the first time that Ukrainian forces
00:07are pushing the war onto their enemy's side.
00:12Today, Chief of Defence Sersky has already reported several times from the front line,
00:17and her actions are pushing the war into the aggressor's territory.
00:23Ukraine is proving that it can really bring justice
00:26and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed.
00:30Pressure on the aggressor.
00:32Earlier this week, Ukrainian armed forces carried out a surprise incursion
00:36across the border in the Kursk region,
00:39where 76,000 people had to be evacuated to safe areas, according to Russian news agency TASS.
00:45Russia declared a federal-level state of emergency in Kursk,
00:49its anti-terrorism committee saying it would launch what it calls
00:52counter-terror operations in three border regions of Belgorod,
00:56Bryansk and Kursk to protect civilians.
01:00The missile threat continues to be in effect in Kursk.
01:03Ukrainian special services are spreading rumours about panic in the city,
01:08but this is not true. The situation is under control.
01:12Kiev fears retaliation from Moscow as blasts were heard in the capital overnight,
01:17and a Russian missile landed in eastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving over a dozen people dead.
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