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We joked that it wasn't April 1st. The commander just smiled, knowing we had no idea what was awaiting us,
said Serhiy, a private in Ukraine's 80th brigade But from the top came the order not to panic, and that those above know better,
Gurulyov said, ... according to a translation by The New York Times Sometimes there are more than 100 or 150 prisoners of war a day,
We see only part of this operation, in the future we will see several stages,
said Drozdenko, characterising the incursion as “not like previous raids” from Ukraine into Belgorod oblast to the east, which were largely led by anti-Kremlin Russian groups On the first day of the operation, there were only 15 casualties. Sixty, seventy per cent of them were very light, caused by bomb damage, shrapnel,
he added, reflecting the fact that the cross-border attack was a complete surprise to the Kremlin, who believed Ukraine would fight to defend its own territory Back then I was not feeling that optimistic. We took part in street fighting. I was almost nearly killed twice. It was very scary being shot at by a BTR (Russian armoured personnel carrier). Now I’m not scared of anything.”
Highlighting his own experience, he said There is an unexpectedly low amount of wounded coming from this operation into the hospitals,
When we speak about seven months of 2024, January to July, there were approximately 400 strikes to border areas. But last week, we had 200 strikes in only one week,
There are conscripts here. We want to surrender".
The platoon commander, ... he said, shouted through the window We reported to the commanders, but they did not respond,
The situation in the border area remains difficult, but our defenders are successfully working to destroy the enemy,
Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and informational silence became decisive in the initial stage of the operation,
the Airborne Assault Troops said in an online post The Russians had a complete intelligence failure here,
French military expert Yohann Michel, research fellow at the IESD institute in Lyon, said in an interview What's going on with the lights? I've got no light or water,
said a woman posting as "Ekaterina Picasa." Right now the risk of an armed invasion of the territory of Kursk region from Ukraine is not high. However, we are constantly working to strengthen the region’s defense capabilities."
The following month, he wrote We advise people to leave the town,
said one such message at 7:34 a.m. It's clear that substantial amounts of different engineer equipment were prepared and used,
said Paroinen, who studies publicly available footage from the Russia-Ukraine war It was likely easier for Ukrainian forces to progress around and through Russia's fortifications in the region, especially if they were manned by fewer or poorly trained personnel,
I would understand if it was difficult for the Russians to think something that big could happen,
Troops covering the state border, together with units of the border troops of the FSB of Russia, are repelling the attacks and inflicting fire on the enemy in the area of the state border and on its reserves in the Sumy region (of Ukraine),