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With more and more respected voices warning of a wider conflict in Europe it’s deeply concerning the West is not doing enough to put the Ukraine fire out."
Asked about Ukraine's recent advance into the Russian border region of Kursk, the Lieutenant Colonel and former MP for Bournemouth East, told this website We seriously need to rekindle our Cold War statecraft skills to be able to look Putin in the eye and stand up to him – conscious of the escalatory ladder. If we don’t a wider conflict in Europe is inevitable."
On the question of whether the surprise incursion into Russia by President Volodymyr Zelensky's forces ramps up the overall danger of the conflict escalating, Mr Ellwood added The latest data, not confirmed, says they've taken as much as 750 square kilometres and may have gone as far as 35 kilometres from the border."
However, former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, now a senior director at the Atlantic Council told USA Today With the latest surprise incursion into Kursk oblast, Zelenskyy likely aims to demonstrate to Putin that as long as there’s no peace in Ukraine, the Russian people will not sleep peacefully either,
The West is fighting us with the hands of the Ukrainians,
Putin told them at his home outside the capital city of Moscow, ... according to a report from The New York Times One of the obvious goals of the enemy is to sow discord, strife, intimidate people, destroy the unity and cohesion of Russian society,
Putin told government officials in a televised meeting this week, according to the Moscow Times The loss of territory and evacuation of civilians will play poorly back in Russia as evidence they 'can't defend themselves'."
Speaking to Sky News, the expert said Today is one of hope – more hope than I’ve seen in any of the trips I’ve been here. The breakthrough in Kursk on that front is historic. It is a seismic breakthrough. Good news, big news, promising even more potential breakthroughs…"
Quote from Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal ... He went 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,
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,
said Spindel, a foreign policy and security expert There have been no signs that Russia is moving troops from the east to stop the Ukrainian advance,
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,
Russia is much bigger, and has a larger military, and Ukraine can't continue fighting Russia on equal footing,
My bet is that we'll see increased operations like this, but that Ukraine will try to keep them a surprise, as it did with this Kursk operation,
The Ukrainian military is good at innovation because they've been doing it under fire for a decade now and because they have to be,
The Ukrainian defense establishment is well aware that a straightforward war of attrition with Russia isn't one they can win, and the stakes of losing are existential. From that perspective, their only choice is to innovate technologically, tactically, and strategically,
Specifically, the phrase 'a small Soviet army can't beat a big Soviet army' came up repeatedly in our conversations in Kyiv,
Russia must be forced to make peace if Putin wants to fight so badly,