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Russia is still piecing together its response to Ukraine's invasion. So far, it has only been a rather slow and scattered reaction,
he said during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations Russia does not establish who has authority … The Ministry of Defense is responsible for military operations inside Ukraine, but not inside Russia, right?,
Separately, the Commander-in-Chief reported on the operation in Kursk Oblast. There has been new progress. Our "exchange fund" has been further replenished. Additionally, General Syrskyi reported the successful liberation of the city of Sudzha from Russian forces. A Ukrainian military commandant's office is being established there. Several other settlements have also been liberated. In total, more than eighty,
Zelensky said in his post With every passing day there is less and less time to collect personal belongings and leave for safer regions,
the Ukrainian military authorities said according to The Associated Press, urging civilians in the town to evacuation as quickly as possible Observe who is here and who is not."
The US leadership’s claims of non-involvement in Kyiv's actions in the Kursk region do not correspond to reality... Without their participation and direct support, Kyiv would not have ventured into Russian territory.”
This is clearly a much bigger operation than initially was understood. Like the attempted coup by Yevgeny Prigozhin last June, it weakens the leader politically (although maybe only temporarily),
The MoD's coordination council and the FSB's counterterrorism operation will likely generate continued confusion about what structures are responsible for what aspects of the Russian defensive operation in Kursk Oblast and will likely lead to friction between the FSB and the Russian military,
The Kremlin and the Russian military command are creating a complicated, overlapping, and so far, ineffective command and control structure for the Russian response to the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast,
the ISW wrote in its most recent assessment of the offensive The operation in the Kursk region was also planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services,
he was quoted as saying, without offering evidence Washington's efforts have created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and lose part of its territories,
The Ukrainian operations across the border in the Kursk and, possibly, Belgorod regions have been of longer duration and reach than either the Russians or Ukrainians initially expected,
The next two to three days will be critical for both sides as this 'Battle of Kursk' takes on additional significance,
added Murrett, who is now deputy director of Syracuse University's Institute for Security Policy and Law We killed many of them on the first day. Because they were unarmed and didn't expect us,
You can see the extent of our success in Russia already - the hysteria among the Russian military experts and bloggers, the fear on Putin's face on Russian TV.
We've got more than 2,000 Russian prisoners so far and they aren't just conscripts, these are competent fighters, including FSB forces,
We have shown our friends in the West just how vulnerable Russia is, and how it will back down when you stand up to it
Col Nadiradze, a Georgian conscript who has been awarded Ukraine's highest honour, the Hero of Ukraine medal, said The more the Russian military presence in the border area is destroyed, the closer peace and real security will be for our country.
Already on the border in the Belgorod zone, people need to be issued with assault rifles, machine guns, collective armament, mine throwers, teach them on howitzers."