NATO chief backs Ukraine offensive in Russia's Kursk

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 31, 2024 2:05 pm

BERLIN, Germany — Ukraine was fully within its rights to launch its surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk border region as an act of self-defense, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told German newspaper Die Welt.

The offensive launched on August 6 caught the Kremlin off guard, with Kyiv claiming to have captured dozens of settlements and more than 1,200 square kilometers (nearly 500 square miles) of territory.

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