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The high probably of losing a large number of forces in this scenario makes it a strategic and political liability,
Ryan wrote in a Substack article published as an op-ed in the English-language newspaper Kyiv Post on Monday In the Kursk direction, the enemy continues to make attempts to build on the successes of previous days,
Ukrainian forces might try to counterattack where Russians didn't expect it,
The Kursk region may have been chosen because it was a planned launch point for Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast, which has been heavily shelled for a long time,
The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilise the situation in Russia as they are unable to protect their own border,
the security official said on condition of anonymity It's scary to have helicopters flying over your head all the time,
said Marina, refusing to give her surname, who arrived by train in the Russian capital on Sunday No impact has been reported for nuclear safety,
said a statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has experts at the site Their pressure in the east continues, they are not pulling back troops from the area," even if "the intensity of Russian attacks has gone down a little bit".
But the Ukrainian official said It’s hard. Unfortunately, the pressure of the Russians did not decrease.”
Our guys do not feel any relief,
said Artem Dzhepko, a press officer with Ukraine’s National Police Brigade, which is fighting near the strategically important town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine These decisions can present vulnerabilities and opportunities that Ukrainian forces can exploit,
Now they have to move. And the Russians are bad at this. They are bad at logistics. It was a brilliant move by Ukraine. … They have already achieved a huge success by forcing Russia to move its troops, by demonstrating that Russia is defenseless in other areas. It’s a huge prestige blow to Putin."