Shapps on Putin's complaints about Kursk region: Russia occupies 100 times more Ukrainian territory
Photo: Former British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps (Getty Images)
Russia occupies 100 times more Ukrainian territory, so complaints from Russian President Vladimir Putin should be viewed in this context, stated former British Secretary of Defense, Grant Shapps.
According to Shapps, the end of the war started by Russia requires that Russia leave the territory of Ukraine.
"Putin's outrage at Ukraine's audacity to seize around 1,000 sq km of Russia's Kursk region should be seen in the context of Putin's illegal occupation of 100 times more Ukrainian soil (well over 100,000 sq km) today," he noted.
What happened before
Last week, fighting broke out in the Kursk region. At the time, Russia claimed that its border had been breached by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Later, the Russian officials said they did not control 28 settlements.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy officially confirmed the operation in the Kursk region only yesterday, August 12.
Read more about the current situation in the Kursk region in the material by RBC-Ukraine.
