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For the first time in a long time we have movement,
one Ukrainian soldier told the publication, adding Their commanders aren’t idiots, ... They are moving forces, but not as quickly as we would like. They know we can’t extend logistics 80 or 100 kilometres [inside Russian territory].” ... The nation believes it has uncovered a vulnerability in Vladimir Putin’s armour,
the Ukrainian source said, adding ... The Economist wrote, noting The further the Ukrainians push into Russia, and the less resistance that they get from Russian armed forces, the more I worry that Putin would want to use a nuclear bomb,
This is a blow because it is clear that the signal came from intelligence to the leadership, but … measures were not taken,
Markov told the publication It's high risk, high reward — take some Russian territory and then use that as leverage to try and get some of its territory back if it was forced into negotiations,
So this operation looks like a good two fingers up against any of the Western analysts who were saying, 'well, Russia's going to come out on top,'
If the Russians are moving reserves from the South, then the Ukrainians may well be relieving pressure across their frontline,
We await such scenes, although their likelihood is already deemed impossible."
A lot of analysts were talking at the beginning of the year about how Russia would have a lot of advantages,
So therefore you can see the Ukrainians thinking this is high stakes, ... 'Now ... Now we've got to do something if we're going to be potentially forced to the table.'
he said, saying they were possibly thinking We're not sitting inside a bunker in Kyiv,
as Matthew Ford, a war expert and lecturer in international relations at the UK's University of Sussex, put it His track record is not one where he makes deals easily,
Putin has a long history of being quite willing to destroy things rather than allow his adversary to have it,
You need some way of making everyone actually feel like they've got some control over their own future rather than just reliant on whatever the West wants to do,
It's scary to have helicopters flying over your head all the time. When it was possible to leave, I left,
said Marina, refusing to give her surname, who had arrived on a train to the Russian capital on Sunday Let's let them find out what it's like. They don't understand what war is. Let them have a taste of it,
We will see how the Kursk operation will develop."
Asked whether capturing the Kursk nuclear power plant near the border was an aim, he said This operation has shown that we can go on the offensive, move forward,
It seems that the Russians have problems with coordination, preparedness for action,
We absolutely will not cause problems for nuclear security. This we can guarantee,