I have relatives living there and they refuse to leave. It's really hard,
We have seen video of Russian soldiers who have apparently been captured in their own country — a country that used to be a superpower — driven blindfolded into Ukraine,
The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace ... the sooner the raids by the Ukrainian defense forces into Russia will stop,
The attempts by enemy mobile units using armored equipment to break through deeper into Russian territory have been repelled,
In the Kursk region, we are moving further. From one to two kilometers (0.6-1.2 miles) in different areas since the beginning of the day,
They only had anti-personnel mines scattered around trees at the side of the road and a few mines that they managed to quickly throw along the highways,
Our military forces plan to... open humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians: both in the direction of Russia and of Ukraine,
The creation of a buffer zone in the Kursk region is a step to protect our border communities from daily hostile shelling,
There is a distinction in the public consciousness — conscripts are forcibly drafted to defend the homeland, while contract soldiers enlist voluntarily,
The disorganized nature of regular Russian battalions…as well as the integration of conscripts, FSB personnel, and Rosgvardia elements in combat, will hinder the Russian effort to establish effective command and control,
There are still plenty of risks for conscripts and [the situation in Kursk] is unlikely to lead to any significant changes [regarding their service],
My son called [me] and said they were told, ‘You would [have to] go anyway, but we will give you combat pay. We’ll train you a bit and send you with the assault troops. And if you don’t agree, you’ll be court-martialled and sent [to fight] anyway, you can’t escape’. So, they are planning to send them there anyway. They are trying to pressure them psychologically, manipulate them and send our children into this hell,
Our president said that conscripts should not be involved in the special military operation. He was not supposed to participate in combat. Why has this happened? He has seen things he should not have seen. If you wanted them to defend the borders, why did you not prepare them
Our military formed a 'buffer (sanitary) zone' on the territory of the Kursk region for self-defense purposes,