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Ukrainians see a prospect of a long war, a difficult war, a bloody war,
Lieutenant General Ihor Romanenko, former deputy head of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told Al Jazeera Heavy tracked vehicles are being loaded onto automobile trailers for prompt delivery to the areas where Ukrainian Armed Forces formations are being blocked and to ensure the safety of the road surface,
Russia will feel the need to issue a very tough response, something huge, to show to the world that it is omnipotent and that something like Kursk will not go unpunished,
an unnamed senior Ukrainian defense source told The Times of London on Sunday Ukraine is likely trying to expand the area of control,
said Emil Kastehelmi, a military expert from the Finland-based OSINT analysis firm Black Bird Group Once the enemy picks up shovels, in two days it will be just as difficult to take the forest stands as it was near Avdiivka,
he said, referring to the town in Ukraine's Donetsk oblast The Russians are still attacking and slowly gaining ground. Ukraine decided to attack at a time when the enemy hasn't been stopped in their main focus areas,
he added, noting the potential cost of the operation on Ukraine's manpower, which would be too high if it only means taking over a few dozen Russian border villages At this time, we have more questions than answers,
Elina Beketova, a democracy fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), told Newsweek As they were unable to take Korenevo, it seems they are trying to flank it from northeast,
This is one of the bloodiest and most massive strikes
Matveev wrote in a post to messaging app Telegram I was in the Kursk region, I saw how minefields are equipped, but they are ineffective without troops behind them. Who planned this? Who thought about it? This is serious,
Andrei Gurulev — a Russian lawmaker, member of Putin’s United Russia party and a former deputy commander — wrote on Telegram on Monday One way or another, we have heard that second echelons, reserves have appeared,
he wrote, without specifying on which side those troops have appeared But what kind of negotiations can we even talk about with people who indiscriminately attack civilians, or threaten our nuclear power plants?”
Nobody likes the truth in our reports. We all want to hear that everything is fine.”
And he had a broader criticism for the army, after local media reported that the Russian Army chief Valery Gerasimov was caught spreading positive-but-false information while reporting last week on the Kursk situation The enemy will certainly receive a worthy response, and all the goals facing us will, without a doubt, be achieved,
It is now clear why the Kyiv regime refused our proposals to return to a peaceful settlement plan
In remarks broadcast this afternoon, Putin declared The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilise the situation in Russia as they are unable to protect their own border,
the security official said on condition of anonymity There is contradictory and sometimes intentionally falsified information about the operation that was prepared apparently in great secrecy,
Wolfgang Büchner said from Berlin We have been recording a sharp decrease in guided bomb strikes in recent days. If our border area has seen from 30 to 60 guided bomb strikes per day, now no more than 10,
Oleh Syniehubov, the governor, told national TV The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces are increasing dramatically for them, including among the most combat-ready units, units that the enemy is transferring to our border,
Putin told a televised meeting with top security officials and regional governors We see a trend. The number of those who want talks is increasing,
Kyiv-based analyst Volodymyr Fesenko said