# A senior aide to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the aims of its attack on Russia’s Kursk region is to get Moscow to start peace talks to end the war. Mykhailo Podolyak says the incursion will also influence public opinion because the Russians are shocked by the ability of Ukraine’s forces to enter Russian territory. Meanwhile residents of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region were told to evacuate. Russian forces are said to be approaching the outskirts after intense fighting in recent days.
Kursk attack will force Russia to negotiate, says Zelenskyy aide