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Today we are seeing the enemy very close to our locality, the city of Pokrovsk. [Russian forces] are just over 10 kilometres away from the outskirts of the city of Pokrovsk. We are seeing that during the attacks on our locality and our city, the enemy ruthlessly hits critical infrastructure and private residential neighbourhoods. People are being killed."
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."
Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], tell your officials responsible for truthful information to show the real situation. These lies are causing civilians to die."
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 I would say things have become worse in our part of the front [the 110th Mechanised Brigade is deployed in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast – ed.]. We have been getting even less ammo than before and the Russians are pushing."
Quote from Ivan Sekach, spokesperson of Ukraine's 110th Mechanised Brigade No significant changes in the size of the group were detected, and the number of the personnel is not changing enough to indicate any differences or weakening in … hostilities,
Lykhoviy said on national television Ukrainians have been quite clear in identifying and highlighting that this is not an incursion aiming to occupy Russian territories but rather self-defensive measures,
We called the emergency services. They said everything was calm, and that there was nothing to worry about,
But she's most worried about the house and her animals,
Where was the secret service? They deceived the people!"
Another user named Svetlana asked The Russian Federation has cut off the power supply to all these villages in order to stop the Ukrainian troops,
wrote one user, named Pyotr, on one such site There is no connection. Our relatives living in distant regions can't get in touch with us,
wrote Juliana on the local page of a social network When the shelling started, my sister Julia fled Sudzha in a mad rush,