Now all of us in Ukraine should act as unitedly and efficiently as we did in the first weeks and months of this war, when Ukraine took the initiative and began to turn the situation to the benefit of our state,
Russian authorities will likely remain extremely averse to pulling Russian military units engaged in combat from (Donetsk) and will likely continue deploying limited numbers of irregular forces to Kursk due to concerns about further slowing the tempo of Russian operations in these higher priority directions,
When explosions started near the city, when people were dying and when all this started happening before our eyes and when it affected people personally, they stopped at least openly supporting
If Ukraine could strike the enemy troops on their territory, from where they threaten Ukraine, then Ukraine would be in a much better position to protect itself."
Russia is trying very hard to downplay the Ukrainians' successes,
We are expanding the area of active operations. The Commander-in-Chief reported that our forces control 74 settlements in the Kursk region,
We have proven once again that we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals in any situation—capable of defending our interests and our independence,
The Russians understand the motivations of Ukraine as trying to strengthen its negotiating position, so that rather than Ukraine always being pressured to give up territory, now it holds some Russian territory it has more agency and can propose land swaps,
We have no involvement. We'll continue to have conversations with the Ukrainians about their approach, but it is really for them to speak to,
Just as during the days of [Yevgeny] Prigozhin’s rebellion it suddenly became clear that the various Russian Guards were only good at fighting peaceful demonstrators, and did not want to go up against armed bandits,
The actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces speak not only of their high professionalism, but also of the creativity of the Ukrainian leadership,
The Zelenskyy regime has made a strong move – with all the resulting not-very-pleasant conclusions and consequences for our side,
It was not an easy journey,
What we’re witnessing is an unprecedented escalation,
The incursion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk region shows that Ukraine aims to strengthen its negotiating position,
We have no restrictions on what weapons Ukraine can use or how they are employed. The starting point is that Ukraine has every right to defend itself within the framework of international law,
The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace, the sooner Ukrainian raids on Russian territory will stop.
Pushing into Russian territory upsets the narrative that Ukraine is on the defensive and embarrasses Putin
As long as Putin continues the war, he will receive such responses from Ukraine,
In Shebekino, as a result of several drone attacks on an apartment building, one apartment caught fire and slabs collapsed. The gas supply line was also damaged,