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While there is always going to be risks associated with any war maneuver, Ukraine faced a greater risk by continuing to fight a war of attrition with Russia,
Robert Orttung, professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, told Newsweek There is a risk of overextending, and there is a risk that precious personnel and resources may be lost and that Putin may use this as a pretext for further escalation,
said Michael A. Witt, professor of international business and strategy at King's Business School, London There are opposite forces at work. One is to reinforce the narrative that Russia is under threat, which can help Putin and reinforce support through a rally-around-the-flag effect,
Putin will certainly use this to strengthen its ranks,
Vuk Vuksanovic, associate at the London School of Economics think tank, LSE IDEAS, told Newsweek This is what the Russians have done over a long, long time and they should not be underestimated and the Ukrainians certainly are not underestimating them,
added Sullivan, whose book Midnight in Moscow outlines the run-up to Putin's invasion The victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII) was after catastrophic failures at the start of the war which predated the Nazi invasion in the Winter War with Finland,
Sullivan told Newsweek before the start of the Kursk incursion Taking over a few dozen Russian border villages at the expense of many lives and pieces of equipment won't help,
The other is to cast doubt on whether Putin and his government are the right people to defend Russia,
The ‘exchange fund’ for our state has also been significantly replenished.”
In his nightly address on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said ... and added It is important that Ukraine fights by the rules, and the humanitarian needs that exist in this area must be met,
The creation of a buffer zone in the Kursk region is a step to protect our border communities from daily hostile shelling,
General Syrskyi reported on the completion of the liberation of the town of Sudzha from the Russian military. A Ukrainian military commandant’s office is being established there now,
said Zelenskiy, after receiving a briefing from the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, on Thursday Smart people in Kyiv have calculated that they should take over this hub, in order that the Russian army will have to destroy it [to take it back],
Andrei Fedorov, a former Russian deputy foreign minister, said on a state television talk show We hid in the bushes,
said Sudzha resident Tatyana Anikeyeva, speaking to Russian television from a facility helping evacuees We have a new replenishment of our ‘exchange fund’,
said Zelenskiy, commenting on the new prisoners of war This means deliveries of gas to Europe will be stopped, because of Russia’s actions, not Ukraine’s. By the way, this will hit Hungary and Slovakia very hard,
The Ukrainian officials say one thing and the Russian Defence Ministry [puts] out statements to the contrary,
There are units from the Russian Defense Ministry, too, in Sudzha now, as the enemy is in and around certain parts of the town. Active fighting has been taking place daily there. The enemy cannot claim full control of Sudzha because they [Ukrainian troops] do not actually control it,
Major-General Apty Alaudinov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency We were rushing from Sudzha … We hid in the bushes. Volunteers were handing out water, food, bread to people on the go. The sound of the cannonade continued without any break. The house was shaking,
she told Russian state television We have seen some Russian units being redirected from operations in and around Ukraine to the Kursk area,