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Of course they are involved,
lawmaker Maria Butina told Reuters I would say that the Ukrainians have tried to give the Russians a dose of their own medicine: to cause some uncertainty in Russia, and perhaps to question the competence of the Russian military,
If the U.S. had given the green light to the ATACMS, their use on Russian territory, I think the British and perhaps the French would have followed suit with their cruise missiles that they have supplied to Ukraine,
I think Washington is the main problem here,
said John Hardie, deputy director of the Russian Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies The grouping of defense forces continues to conduct an offensive operation on the territory of the Kursk region,
Ukraine’s top military commander, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a video conference on Wednesday I think these weapons would be useful in this offensive, including for striking Russian command posts, logistics hubs or other targets further away than HIMARS can reach,
And of course, the real scourge of the Russian army is the HIMARS, which turn into ashes a huge amount of weapons, equipment and personnel of the Russian army,
Now all of us in Ukraine should act as unitedly and efficiently as we did in the first weeks and months of this war, when Ukraine took the initiative and began to turn the situation to the benefit of our state,
Russian authorities will likely remain extremely averse to pulling Russian military units engaged in combat from (Donetsk) and will likely continue deploying limited numbers of irregular forces to Kursk … due to concerns about further slowing the tempo of Russian operations in these higher priority directions,
When explosions started near the city, when people were dying and when all this started happening before our eyes … and when it affected people personally, they stopped at least openly supporting
the war ... the woman said We continue to advance further in the Kursk region, ... from one to two km in various areas since the start of the day".
Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram I see the British style, to be honest, purely their style [in the Ukrainian surge into Russian territory].
He was told by Russian war correspondent Semyon Pegov In principle, you have just laid out the picture that we have.
The general - commander of Akhmat [Chechen] special forces - replied The Ukrainians decided to make an interesting move; they are strengthening their positions, and if they manage to maintain control over this territory or control over the centres of a certain territory, it considerably increases their negotiating potential,
The so-called defensive lines were apparently not even designed and were not established the way they were supposed to have been designed. At the moment, they [Ukrainians – ed.] captured as much territory as they could in last year’s counteroffensive [Ukraine’s counteroffensive in 2023 during which 14 Ukrainian settlements were liberated - ed.],
It’s a big surprise for the West that Ukraine had gathered such a capability for an offensive action. I think it was a surprise to many in Kyiv, actually,
Felgenhauer told Al Jazeera The bolder the partners’ decisions, the less Putin can do,
Zelenskyy’s regime has not achieved its main goal – to distract Russian armed forces from Donbas and Slobozhanshchina,
she said in a statement on the Foreign Ministry’s website They have grabbed territory, they have mixed up Russian overall plans, but this offensive in the north and this breakthrough has not yet brought strategic fruit,
People around the world will note that Ukraine has really showed skill, great operational security ... excellent planning and, above all, excellent execution of that plan,