If our partners lifted all the current restrictions on the use of weapons on Russian territory, we would not need to enter Kursk.
Russian forces are moving towards the outskirts, it is no secret
Today, the enemy is attacking near the settlements of New York, Nelipivka, Toretsk and Zalizne. Our defenders are giving a worthy rebuff to the enemy, 13 combats have already been completed, the battle continues. The aggressor’s aviation struck the settlement of Druzhba with unguided air missiles, and eleven anti-aircraft missiles struck Toretsk and Nelipivka,
Further actions of our forces on this front will depend on the development of the operative situation,
In the Kursk region, the tense situation continues along the entire front line. The enemy attacks with columns of armoured vehicles in various areas, coming under fire from armoured vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces and aviation,
Reconnaissance and search operations continue to identify and destroy enemy sabotage groups in clumps of forest that were trying to penetrate deep into Russian territory,
Operations like the Kursk incursion right now and also, for example, the coup attempt by Prigozhin last year are examples that show that Russia is really difficult to control and that Putin's regime is not successful in controlling Russia, or at least doesn't have as much of a control as it's trying to portray to the world and to its own population,
One of the explanations of this operation by the Ukrainians is to gain leverage because elections in the US are coming,
So, by taking land in Russian territory, they [the Ukrainians] keep control of this process, make it less likely that they would get forced into any negotiations,
In terms of logistics, this [opening a front in Crimea] could be quite complicated and it would require a lot of manpower, pontoons, and other costly material,
Russia could potentially mobilise 300,000 people more,
While it is unlikely that they have used the recently delivered F16 to strike directly the bridges, we cannot rule out that the F16, armed with AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, might have been used to protect the operations of the MiG 29 of the Sukhoi 27 (from Russian interceptor aircraft),
In the short term, it would be very bad for Ukraine. In the long term, it could actually accelerate Putin's downfall in Russia,
As a result of intense action by units of the 'Centre Grouping' of troops, a large grouping of enemy troops was crushed and one of the largest settlements in the Toretsk agglomeration and the strategically important logistics hub of Novgorodskoye ... was liberated,
Russian milbloggers reported that Russian forces are advancing toward Komyshivka and Ptychne (southeast of Pokrovsk and just southeast of the Novozhelanne-Komyshivka area) and that Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from these settlements to avoid tactical encirclement,
When our cities are within range of virtually any enemy weapon, the decision to evacuate is necessary and inevitable,
Nobody can ask [for a rotational break] now. We were the reserves but now we are here [in Kursk Oblast]
Russian soldiers are still grinding their way through Ukrainian defences, capturing villages and towns and bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of complete control of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine
The Kursk operation is doing for a peace deal more than 100 peace summits combined,
On the front line, the morale boost is simply colossal, ... Which is unexpected to me because people are still fighting in Donbas and theoretically, their lives didn’t get any easier.”