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I like funny people because they are intelligent and they also have an invaluable gift called optimism.”
The emerging autocrat, impressed, commented afterwards The Russian military command may have redeployed limited elements intended to reinforce Russia's priority offensive in the Pokrovsk direction to defend against the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast,
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
Accompanying the ministry's post was a quote from Bertrand Russell, the British mathematician, logician and philosopher, which read We would like to warn such irresponsible politicians in the EU, NATO and overseas that in the event of corresponding aggressive steps by the Kiev regime, Russia's response will follow immediately...and will be extremely painful."
Maria Zakharova, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry press department, said on Wednesday For now, we need it,
he said in an interview with NBC News set to air Tuesday night Our operation is aimed to restore our territorial integrity,
We can use it to create a buffer zone alone the border to reduce attacks on us. And at minimum, we’ve got prisoners to exchange, and have given our population something to be happy about,
Russia is not a rational country. It could be forced to negotiations, but for that you need [things like] the Kursk operation.”
Podolyak first denied Kyiv had one eye on future negotiations, but then added We tell them Ukrainian forces have taken the city of Kursk and are marching on Moscow, and it’s time to learn Ukrainian,
laughed one soldier who had recently been in the city There aren’t many rental options in Sumy, and people were asking around looking for anywhere free where soldiers could stay. It was only later, when the operation started, that the puzzle came together,
said Dmytro Tishchenko, the CEO of cukr.city, an online portal devoted to news and culture in Sumy Ukraine is trying to create leverage on Russia to have real negotiations, not a capitulation packaged as a negotiation,
said Alyona Getmanchuk, the founder of the New Europe Center in Kyiv Based on the experience of this war so far, the fewer people know about an operation, the more successful it will be,
said Mykhailo Podolyak, a key Zelenskiy aide, in an interview in Kyiv They’re in a desperate David versus Goliath battle and this appeals to their rebellious spirit,
said one western diplomat in Kyiv, As a citizen of Ukraine I despise them, but I treat them how I want our prisoners to be treated in Russia,
said Volodymyr, the deputy head of the facility where they are held At the time it was all a blur, it’s only later when you come out that you realise where you’ve just been and what you’ve been doing,
said Artem, one of the three, talking at a roadside stop just hours after leaving Russian territory You’re crawling through forests in the dark, and you realise that you’re absolutely alone, right inside enemy territory,
said Serhii, another member of the team We thought we were being transferred here to carry out defensive work against a possible Russian incursion,
said one soldier who has been in the area since a week before the assault began An extremely limited number of people knew ahead of time,
If we can use them to free our guys, then I am happy,
The Kursk operation was a signal to forget about the supposed ‘red lines’ that Ukraine should not cross,