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The work is thorough — minefields, engineering obstacles, and structures made of concrete and iron — unlike the more chaotic picture in neighbouring Donetsk province, still the site of the heaviest fighting,
the article says
They (the Russians) aren’t ready to hit yet, but when they are, the first blow will be the hardest,
he believesA senior Ukrainian official says he is worried the situation may become irretrievable by the spring,
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The first battles with North Korean soldiers open a new page of instability in the world,
Zelensky said earlier this month
Russia's own troops are not enough
Syrskyi said in a statement posted to messaging app Telegram in early NovemberPart of the military from the DPRK was transferred to the border areas of the Belgorod region,
said Andriy Kovalenko, an official with Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, referring to North Korea by its official title, the Democratic People's Republic of KoreaWhen robots began to appear en masse on the battlefield, they made it impossible for soldiers to move in any way on the battlefield,
he said, according to an English translationAccording to my theory, when this technical-evolutionary process is completed, and subsequently the accumulation of technological materials occurs, the possibility of pushing through will be restored,
he said, addingThe fact that he [Putin] is most likely passing on personal requests to the command that ‘the fate of the Armed Forces rests on the Kursk operation’,
Zelenskyy saidFor Putin, the most important thing is to push us out of Russia’s Kursk Oblast. All these stories, all these indicators, strikes with new missiles, all this is not just for fun. He has set this task. I am sure he wants to push us out by 20 January. It is very important for him to demonstrate that he is in control of the situation. He is not in control of the situation."
Quote from ZelenskyyHe [Putin – ed.] wants to show that he has fulfilled, as he said, the task of occupying the entire Donbas, and he needs to push us out of the Kursk front. He has these two tasks,
Zelenskyy said