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Ukraine has a right to defend itself. And according to international law, this right does not stop at the border,
Stoltenberg told the paper, This simply means that the Russian leadership continues to move towards the goal of seizing the territory of all four oblasts [Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kherson – ed.], which they consider their own,
And this is what they want to achieve in a convenient time frame, while the weather is still favourable for military operations,
The detachment's tasks include not only ensuring security, but also participating in the life support of the resettled areas in order to support the remaining people during this difficult time,
The formation of these new BARS (Russian Army Combat Reserve) volunteer detachments is consistent with the Kremlin's apparent strategy to avoid re-deploying experienced or combat effective units engaged in fighting in the Pokrovsk or Toretsk directions to Kursk Oblast due to concerns about slowing the tempo of Russian offensive operations in these higher priority directions,
The replenishment received is mostly untrained and does not help; instead, it complicates the combat operations of the units,
At the moment, it looks like our front in Donbas has collapsed,
Roman Ponomarenko, a brigade officer at the revered Azov Brigade wrote on Telegram Unfortunately, the high command is still receiving reports about the ‘controlled situation’, which is far from being controlled … Lies, lies, lies,
Time will tell if we should have sent troops to Kursk instead of defending the east. But for now, we are suffering,
The situation is very bad, and it deteriorated quickly,
said a commander whose troops are stationed near Pokrovsk, speaking on the condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter The problem lies with those who make decisions for these soldiers,
he added in a pointed criticism of Ukraine's leadership Fights are exceptionally tough. The enemy throws into battle everything that can move and advance, trying to break through our defenses,
commander Syrskyi said on Facebook Operation tasks are being implemented,
The enemy has wised up,
complains Serhiy, an armoured-vehicle driver with the 80th brigade, one of the four key units that led the charge If Pokrovsk falls, Russian forces would face minimal obstacles in advancing toward Dnipro, potentially extending their control into another administrative region of Ukraine,