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We are moving forward in Kursk region. A military commandant’s office has been created which must ensure order and also all the needs of the local population,
We make clear during the gifting process that equipment is to be used in line with international law."
The Ukrainian operations across the border in the Kursk and, possibly, Belgorod regions have been of longer duration and reach than either the Russians or Ukrainians initially expected,
The next two to three days will be critical for both sides as this 'Battle of Kursk' takes on additional significance,
added Murrett, who is now deputy director of Syracuse University's Institute for Security Policy and Law We killed many of them on the first day. Because they were unarmed and didn't expect us,
Russian forces appear particularly concerned about major highways and are likely trying to preemptively safeguard important ground lines of communication (GLOCs) to inhibit Ukrainian maneuvers,
Already on the border in the Belgorod zone, people need to be issued with assault rifles, machine guns, collective armament, mine throwers, teach them on howitzers."
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,
The purpose of this operation is to preserve the lives of our children, to protect the territory of Ukraine from Russian strikes."
Russia’s failure to defeat the Ukrainian attack so far and restore control of its border has exposed a lack of defensive reserves. Moscow has hundreds of thousands of troops on the frontline in eastern and southern Ukraine where it faces mounting casualties with fighting largely at a stalemate,
Regional officials are leaving more than a third of their recruitment quotas unfilled on average,
As of now about 1,000 sq km of Russian territory is under our control… The situation is under our control,