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Russia does not establish who has authority … The Ministry of Defense is responsible for military operations inside Ukraine, but not inside Russia, right?,
Russia is still piecing together its response to Ukraine's invasion. So far, it has only been a rather slow and scattered reaction,
he said during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations Separately, the Commander-in-Chief reported on the operation in Kursk Oblast. There has been new progress. Our "exchange fund" has been further replenished. Additionally, General Syrskyi reported the successful liberation of the city of Sudzha from Russian forces. A Ukrainian military commandant's office is being established there. Several other settlements have also been liberated. In total, more than eighty,
Zelensky said in his post With every passing day there is less and less time to collect personal belongings and leave for safer regions,
the Ukrainian military authorities said according to The Associated Press, urging civilians in the town to evacuation as quickly as possible We don't expect many people to come to us, if at all. But I am not worried about the danger to civilians from Kursk Oblast... We have offered each and every resident of Kursk Oblast to evacuate from this territory if they wish. Ukraine will open humanitarian corridors. Either to the territory controlled by the Russian Federation or to the territory of independent Ukraine. This should be the choice of any civilian who is currently there. We are definitely not going to violate their rights,
Observe who is here and who is not."
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,
The Ukrainian military seems highly attuned to the political and symbolic dimensions of their attacks, often targeting symbols of Putin's power rather than focusing solely on military objectives,
Maxim Alyukov, an expert on Russian politics at the University of Manchester in the UK, told Business Insider One week on and Zelenskyy’s masterful incursion into Russia is still going gangbusters,
The perfect scenario for us now would be for the enemy to withdraw its forces from other areas and send them to this [the Kursk] front, exposing its reserves,
Analysing all the conversations I’ve had in many capitals in and outside Europe over the past six months, it seems to me that the main fear was that these countries would be drawn into the war,
It's hard for the vulnerable to dictate their terms. This situation creates a psychological and political context that could shift negotiations to follow a different logic. Now, most likely, there will be an escalation, a raising of the stakes. If Russia raises the stakes, then the West will get a kind of opportunity to raise the stakes for itself,
The blending of the best World War II strategies, which I think Syrskyi studied at the academy, has been creatively worked on, enhanced by modern technological solutions, and has produced the maximum result,
Putin started this; kick his ass!"
Meanwhile, members of a US bipartisan delegation on an official visit to Kyiv expressed admiration, with one remarking Does anyone know whether Nina was taken away from Sudzha?"
One week on from the start of Ukraine’s operation in Kursk Oblast, fewer voices on local Telegram channels are asking We should call it a war, a full military operation. Not some counterterrorism or a special military operation. That’s all wrong."
It wasn't pretty."
Evgeny Bakalo, a resident of neighbouring Belgorod Oblast, told The Financial Times We were left alone. With children, without shelter, without money. Our kids are afraid to sleep at night."
In the video, posted that evening on a Telegram blog called 'Our native Sudzha,' one woman can be heard saying Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], tell your officials responsible for truthful information to show the real situation. These lies are causing civilians to die."
We called the emergency services. They said everything was calm, and that there was nothing to worry about,