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One of the obvious goals of the enemy is to sow discord, strife, intimidate people, destroy the unity and cohesion of Russian society,
Putin told a televised meeting with government officials No, we had nothing to do with this,
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday Remember, this is Russia's war,
Russia is attacking their sovereignty, their freedom,
There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,
Simple calls to Russia do not work,
What Russian troops and Russian aviation are doing on Ukrainian territory has signs of genocide as well as inhuman crimes. Therefore, Ukraine has the right to wage war in such a way as to paralyse Russia in its aggressive intentions as effectively as possible,
We support Ukraine in this defensive war,
Our operations are purely a security matter for Ukraine – the liberation of the border area from the Russian military,
Zelenskyy said in an overnight address This conclusion will narrow the flexibility Russia has enjoyed in committing manpower and material to its ongoing offensive efforts in Ukraine, and the Russian military command will have to consider the requirements for border defense when determining what resources it can allocate to future large-scale offensive and defensive efforts in Ukraine,
The Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast [has forced] a decision-point on the Kremlin and the Russian military command about whether to view the thousand-kilometer-long international border with northeastern Ukraine as a legitimate frontline that Russia must defend, instead of a dormant area of the theater, as they have treated it since Fall 2022,
Russia has spent considerable resources to build fortifications along the international border area but has not allocated the manpower and material to significantly man and defend those fortifications,
We need appropriate permissions from our partners to use long-range weapons,
We see how useful this can be for bringing peace closer,
The grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine keeps conducting the operation in the territory of Kursk Oblast. Today our troops advanced from one to three kilometres in some areas. 40 square kilometres were taken under control, and, as of today, 74 settlements remain under our control. The fighting is ongoing all along the frontline. The situation is under control despite the high intensity of combat action."
With more and more respected voices warning of a wider conflict in Europe it’s deeply concerning the West is not doing enough to put the Ukraine fire out."
Asked about Ukraine's recent advance into the Russian border region of Kursk, the Lieutenant Colonel and former MP for Bournemouth East, told this website We seriously need to rekindle our Cold War statecraft skills to be able to look Putin in the eye and stand up to him – conscious of the escalatory ladder. If we don’t a wider conflict in Europe is inevitable."
On the question of whether the surprise incursion into Russia by President Volodymyr Zelensky's forces ramps up the overall danger of the conflict escalating, Mr Ellwood added The latest data, not confirmed, says they've taken as much as 750 square kilometres and may have gone as far as 35 kilometres from the border."
However, former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, now a senior director at the Atlantic Council told USA Today You can tell that he is absolutely terrified of the fact that Ukraine has made gains,
Certainly, it’s harder now for Putin to project the image of a Teflon president,
said Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow with the Russia and Eurasia program at Chatham House, a London-based think tank