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It was shocking, I don't have the words to describe it,
We hope to discuss and agree on the necessary decisions and steps
This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians, ... More bombs, more aggression, more victims."
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted on X Russia is proving literally every day with its cruelty that nothing has changed for them,
I didn’t think I would ever say this. But maybe it’s time to ‘close the shop’ from the Kursk direction. It’s hard for our guys there,
The Russians used a gas pipeline to deploy an assault company undetected by drones and wedged themselves into our combat formations,
Any movements of the enemy in this area are detected by our drones and the enemy’s personnel and equipment are being struck,
It’s hard, but we’re working,
one Ukrainian serviceman told CNN All these circumstances are very favorable to the Russians,
We want to avoid losses. The fear of encirclement is real."
A junior sergeant told The Telegraph The situation (for Ukraine in Kursk) is very bad. … If Ukrainian forces are not able to restore the situation quickly, this could be the moment where the Kursk salient begins to finally close into an encircled pocket."
Pasi Paroinen, a military analyst with the Black Bird Group in Finland, told Reuters Russian forces likely intend to leverage limited advances into Sumy Oblast to completely expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk Oblast among other objectives."
The Institute for the Study of War said in its March 7 assessment of Russia's campaign