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The result is clear. Yes, people are going through difficult experiences, especially in the Kursk region. But the main aim that the enemy had — to stop our offensive in Donbas — it did not achieve,
It is entirely justified for Ukrainians to respond to Russian terror by any means necessary to stop it,
President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Facebook On September 2 overnight, the Russian occupiers carried out a missile attack on Kiev, Sumy and Kharkiv regions using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and anti-aircraft guided missiles, and attacked with Shahed-type UAVs from the south,
the Ukranian air force said Their calculation was to stop our offensive actions in key parts of the Donbas. The result is known... They did not achieve stopping our advance in the Donbas,
Putin told school children in Siberia Of course, we have to deal with these bandits that entered the territory of the Russian Federation, specifically the Kursk region, attempting to destabilize the situation in the border areas,
The Russian Armed Forces are now capturing not 200 to 300 metres daily, but square kilometres,
None of us wanted the war".
There was also a report today from Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi, focusing primarily on the Pokrovsk front. On our actions to repel Russian strikes there and to destroy as many of the occupier's forces as possible. Additionally, there was an update on the operation in Kursk Oblast – each day contributes to replenishing our "exchange fund." I thank every one of our units for this!"
The situation is difficult in the direction of the enemy's main attack. But all the necessary decisions at all levels are being made without delay,
Syrskyi said on the Telegram messaging app Reconnaissance and search operations are continuing to destroy opponent's sabotage groups in the forests,
Syrskyi had evidently drawn conclusions from Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive during the summer of 2023, when Ukraine consulted with the U.S. and other Western partners, deployed newly formed brigades and telegraphed its plans with videos and public comments. Ukraine’s top military commander gathered senior officers for a secret meeting in late July where he disclosed an audacious plan to revive the country’s flagging war effort
Ukraine couldn’t afford simply to keep trying to buy time by throwing more men into defensive lines... You are constantly having to make decisions about priorities, where to accept risk,
said retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the former commander of the US Army in Europe