Thanks for posting the transcript.
Russia’s already relocated 76,000 of the Kursk residents.
I suppose since Ukraine has had no major victory since retaking Kherson (in November 2022) so Zeleski could be looking for some sort of victory or success by going ito Russia directly.
Also Possibly Russian authorities hoped to rally public opinion against Ukraine by not acting early on as they had intelligence of an incursion into Kursk.