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We make clear during the gifting process that equipment is to be used in line with international law."
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,
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,
Ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the Kursk region, but we want to protect the lives of our people,
the foreign ministry’s spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine's south,
Dmytro Lykhoviy, a Ukrainian army spokesman, told POLITICO Tuesday The Russian strategy is to avoid drawing from units in the Donetsk direction as much as possible,
said Serhii Kuzan, the chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, an independent research group, referring to the region in eastern Ukraine that is on the front line Despite difficult and intense battles, our forces continue to advance in the Kursk region, and our state’s ‘exchange fund’ is growing. Seventy-four settlements are under Ukrainian control,
It should be emphasised that the (Kursk) operation ... helps the front line because it does not allow Russia to transfer additional units to the Donetsk region, complicates its military logistics.”
Everything is being executed according to the plan,
Syrskyi replied, without elaborating There are battles across the front line,
Syrskiy reported to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a video call aired online shows Russian military command has determined that possible disruptions to the offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast and other less-critical frontline areas are an acceptable risk to adequately respond to the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Oblast,
It’s creating a real dilemma for Putin,
Russians should have enough reserves, so that they should not be forced to weaken the ‘centre’ group of forces, which is currently pressuring the Ukrainian lines near Toretsk and Pokrovsk,