What I suspect they are watching for is this: is the power still strong? Does the old man still have it in him?”
I see that this situation at least forced the initiative from the Russian side,
However, Ukraine has no intention of claiming someone else’s land,
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,
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
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,
Now we have done the exact same thing — we have proven once again that we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals in any situation — capable of defending our interests and our independence,
We have been advancing in the Kursk region, one to two kilometers in various areas since the beginning of the day,
It is important for us to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom and the liberation of its territory, not in attempts to capture new territories,
Every time we supply Ukraine with aid, it faces the Council for foreign policy where we set clear rules with the Ukrainians regarding what they can use these supplies for. As long as the Ukrainians adhere to these rules, we have no ground for criticism,
When you see that they [the Ukrainians – ed.] have resources and strength for such operations, there are reasons to be optimistic,
The Ukrainians target troops and military bases and do not hurt civilians. Their ethics and morals are different from those of the Russians. They respect human rights,
Sometimes it is necessary to cross the border of the country you’re at war with. I think it’s quite natural in the border area between two countries,
What the Russian forces are doing in Ukraine amounts to genocide and inhumane crimes,
Ukraine has no interest in taking over the Kursk region,
The uncontrolled ride of the enemy has already been halted,