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We have already seen China attempt to weigh in on peace terms for Ukraine, essentially endorsing Putin's goals and making its own demands that the West scale back economic sanctions—something which worries Beijing given its own military ambitions in Asia."
Jonathan Ward, a senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Hudson Institute think tank, previously told Newsweek The high probably of losing a large number of forces in this scenario makes it a strategic and political liability,
Ryan wrote in a Substack article published as an op-ed in the English-language newspaper Kyiv Post on Monday In the Kursk direction, the enemy continues to make attempts to build on the successes of previous days,
The Kursk region may have been chosen because it was a planned launch point for Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast, which has been heavily shelled for a long time,
Ukrainian forces might try to counterattack where Russians didn't expect it,
For the first time in a long time we have movement,
one Ukrainian soldier told the publication, adding Their commanders aren’t idiots, ... They are moving forces, but not as quickly as we would like. They know we can’t extend logistics 80 or 100 kilometres [inside Russian territory].” ... The nation believes it has uncovered a vulnerability in Vladimir Putin’s armour,
the Ukrainian source said, adding ... The Economist wrote, noting It's scary to have helicopters flying over your head all the time,
said Marina, refusing to give her surname, who arrived by train in the Russian capital on Sunday Their pressure in the east continues, they are not pulling back troops from the area," even if "the intensity of Russian attacks has gone down a little bit".
But the Ukrainian official said No impact has been reported for nuclear safety,
said a statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has experts at the site It's high risk, high reward — take some Russian territory and then use that as leverage to try and get some of its territory back if it was forced into negotiations,
This is a blow because it is clear that the signal came from intelligence to the leadership, but … measures were not taken,
Markov told the publication So this operation looks like a good two fingers up against any of the Western analysts who were saying, 'well, Russia's going to come out on top,'
If the Russians are moving reserves from the South, then the Ukrainians may well be relieving pressure across their frontline,
The further the Ukrainians push into Russia, and the less resistance that they get from Russian armed forces, the more I worry that Putin would want to use a nuclear bomb,
It’s hard. Unfortunately, the pressure of the Russians did not decrease.”
So therefore you can see the Ukrainians thinking this is high stakes, ... 'Now ... Now we've got to do something if we're going to be potentially forced to the table.'
he said, saying they were possibly thinking We're not sitting inside a bunker in Kyiv,
as Matthew Ford, a war expert and lecturer in international relations at the UK's University of Sussex, put it A lot of analysts were talking at the beginning of the year about how Russia would have a lot of advantages,
His track record is not one where he makes deals easily,