This is very bad news for Putin,
Putin no longer controls the situation. He can only try deploying more troops and attempting to recapture his lost territory,
We’re in touch with our Ukrainian counterparts and we are working to gain a better understanding of what they’re doing, what their goals are, what their strategy is,
The Russian media is already blaming the United States for being behind this Ukrainian operation,
With the latest surprise incursion into Kursk oblast, Zelensky likely aims to demonstrate to Putin that as long as there’s no peace in Ukraine, the Russian people will not sleep peacefully either,
Given the significant disparity of combat potential favoring Russia on the battlefield, Ukrainian forces appear to be switching to, or at minimum, intensifying, unconventional warfare, bringing war deeper into Russia,
There’s a massive Ukrainian online operation – maybe on the ground – trying to get war protests fired up,
This is another targeted attack on a crowded place, another act of terror by the Russians,
I do not understand why Ukraine needs this. We need to figure it out. As I said before, we made it clear to them that any provocations will not go unanswered,
Such a coordinated ground force movement responds to a clear military objective,
There’s been no changes in our policy approaches,
A substation has been attacked in the Oktyabrsky district of Kursk region,
The 252nd battalion is in the Poroz settlement in the Belgorod region,
No situation on the battlefield can justify targeting civilians,
Many dead, some of the vehicles burned to the ground
The price of mistakes these days will be calculated in the lives of soldiers and civilians
We can and we should take more land of the Ukraine that still exists,
The town is controlled by the armed forces of Ukraine, the town is calm, all buildings are intact,
The chief [Putin] was in a poor mood … He probably hasn’t been seen [it] like this since our [Russian army] was forced to retreat from Kherson in the fall of 2022,
This is extremely important and has been particularly effective over the past three days,