Russia has to be "forced to make peace", Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
Speaking in his nightly address, the Ukrainian leader said that Kyiv's major cross-border assault into the western region of Kursk was a matter of security for Ukraine and that Kyiv had captured areas from where Russia had launched strikes.
"Russia must be forced to make peace if Putin wants to fight so badly," he said.
He said Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, which lies across the border from Kursk region, had been attacked almost 2,100 times by Russian cross-border strikes since 1 June.
"Russia brought war to others, now it's coming home. Ukraine has always wanted only peace, and we will certainly ensure peace," he added.
