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I remain extremely concerned and reiterate my call for maximum restraint from all sides,
Grossi expressed his alarm ... he said The situation in the border area remains difficult, but our defenders are successfully working to destroy the enemy,
Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and informational silence became decisive in the initial stage of the operation,
the Airborne Assault Troops said in an online post Right now the risk of an armed invasion of the territory of Kursk region from Ukraine is not high. However, we are constantly working to strengthen the region’s defense capabilities."
The following month, he wrote The Russians had a complete intelligence failure here,
French military expert Yohann Michel, research fellow at the IESD institute in Lyon, said in an interview What's going on with the lights? I've got no light or water,
said a woman posting as "Ekaterina Picasa." We advise people to leave the town,
said one such message at 7:34 a.m. It's clear that substantial amounts of different engineer equipment were prepared and used,
said Paroinen, who studies publicly available footage from the Russia-Ukraine war It was likely easier for Ukrainian forces to progress around and through Russia's fortifications in the region, especially if they were manned by fewer or poorly trained personnel,
I would understand if it was difficult for the Russians to think something that big could happen,
Troops covering the state border, together with units of the border troops of the FSB of Russia, are repelling the attacks and inflicting fire on the enemy in the area of the state border and on its reserves in the Sumy region (of Ukraine),
The long-range capability for our forces is the answer to all most important, most strategic questions of this war,
Zelenskiy said in his daily video address to the nation This is important. This hastens the release of our military and civilians from Russian captivity. We remember all those we must bring home,
Today, General Syrskyi has also reported on the continuation of our advance in the Kursk region. The operation is unfolding exactly as we expected. The bravery of Ukrainians is achieving great things."
The actions taken are of a defensive nature, that is, they set up defensive lines, move units."
(There ... There were) dozens of Russian assaults on our positions over the last day. But our soldiers and units are doing everything to destroy the occupier and repel the attacks,
The operation will end with the smashing of the enemy and [Russian forces] reaching the state border."
At the briefing on August 7, Gerasimov told Putin Tell me please, is it true that Ukrainian tanks have broken through to Sudzha and Darino?"
a user, "Nestik", posted on Telegram We worked to pre-empt them and they did not see this coming at all,
We see that the occupier is suffering losses, and this is useful—very useful for our defense."
The president said in his evening address