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Ukraine is defending itself and the lives of its people in border communities while also taking active steps on Russian territory,
Keeping the momentum up is becoming increasingly difficult in the coming days, as the element of surprise fades,
Emil Kastehelmi, a military expert from the Finland-based OSINT analysis firm Black Bird Group, told Newsweek Russian forces have been developing a trench network that, if fallen back to, would cede Ukraine a massive amount of territory,
the post added, next to a map outlining the imagery of the area Fresh trenches are visible on satellite images from several areas of the Kursk region,
the post said, noting their appearance 1 mile south of Lgov, as well as along the railway near the village of Viktorovka 2.5 miles further southwest I say it straight: the crisis has not yet been overcome,
It has become too loud, I’m scared for the children, they need to live a normal life,
They didn't protect the border,
a Ukrainian serviceman who identified himself as Ruzhyk told AFP It is firing indiscriminately from various types of weapons, including rockets, at civilian buildings, residential houses and ambulances,
he said in a televised meeting, vowing to meet with security officials to coordinate a response In a few hours our town was turned into ruins ... Our relatives are left behind, we can't call them, there is no communication. Please help us get our land back,
one resident said in the video They only had anti-personnel mines scattered around trees at the side of the road, and a few mines that they managed to quickly throw along the highways,
There is no light, no connection, no water. There is nothing. It’s as if everyone has flown to another planet, and you are left alone. And the birds stopped singing,
an elderly man called Mikhail told Russian state television The troops are fulfilling their tasks. Fighting continues along the entire front line. The situation is under our control."