This always happens to those who despise people and any rules - Russia brought war to others, and now it is coming home,
The loss of territory and evacuation of civilians will play poorly back in Russia as evidence they 'can't defend themselves'."
If we had simply sent our troops to where heavy battles were taking place, they would have been engaged in symmetric actions. Instead, we have captured 350 square kilometres of territory in just one day,
If Russia decides that recapturing lost territory in Kursk is a priority, it could disrupt their operations in the main focus areas in Donetsk,
Threats such as these may force the Russians to permanently place more troops near the border regions,
If it's making him a little uncomfortable, then there's an easy solution: He can just get the hell out of Ukraine,
Ukrainian formations are trying to expand deeper into Russian territories,
The crisis is still far from being resolved,
The main task, of course, is for the defence ministry to squeeze out, to knock out the enemy from our territories, ... The enemy will certainly receive a worthy response.”
It is only fair to destroy Russian terrorists where they are, where they launch their strikes from,
This is not about Ukraine's desire to seize Russian territory. We're confident the world understands this is not about annexing parts of Russia. We don't need that territory. We just need them to get out from ours,
We are not we're not being overly excited, overly jubilant, because everybody understands that is still the war .... but what happens, and what continues to develop in Kursk, is going to really have a huge impact on how this war continues to go,
Ukrainian forces reportedly launched new incursions into western Kursk Oblast near Slobodka-Ivanovka, Tetkino, Gordeevka, Uspenka, and Viktorovka,
We continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Kursk region. Currently, we control about 1,000 square kilometres of the territory of the Russian Federation,
It is possible the Ukrainian leadership wants to demonstrate to Russia, but above all to the West, that Ukraine is not at the end of its tether,
Russia is the main beneficiary of an extension of the front line into Russian territory, as it further overstretches Ukraine's armed forces,
There have been no signs that Russia is moving troops from the east to stop the Ukrainian advance,
Ukraine cannot continue to fight this war in the same way it has been for the past two years. It just simply doesn't have the manpower or weapon stores to do so,
I see this operation in Russia as Ukraine's attempt to slightly shift its strategy,
I don't think anyone wants to see this escalate to a conflict where Ukraine is sending troops toward Moscow, or flying drones or planes in that direction,