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It concerns the destruction of the Russian army logistics and the draining of their reserves,
he said in an evening address If the objective was to divert the Russian effort from the Donbas, it's failed so far,
said Yohann Michel, a French military expert and research fellow at the IESD Institute in Lyon, France The Kursk region operation - we are strengthening our positions and replenishing 'exchange fund' for Ukraine,
Zelenskyy said on X after Syrskyi's report There is a big difference between this and the type of war that Russia is leading,
Ukraine is not planning to occupy this territory. This is temporary,
Russia doesn’t want any negotiations; it gives ultimatums,
Russia is still limited in manpower,
We don't know what to do. We cry day and night, every day. We don't know what we are going to do,
said 70-year-old Zinaida Tarasyuk, another evacuee collecting humanitarian aid I was very scared, very scared,
Nina Golinyaeva, a former resident of the border town of Sudzha, told AFP at an evacuation centre in Kursk city, the regional capital Shells were flying from all sides, helicopters, planes, fighter jets were flying over the house,
she said, recounting a dramatic night-time escape amid the fighting We will continue to maintain communication with the international community to play a constructive role for the political settlement of the crisis,
The operation in the Kursk region was also planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services,
he was quoted as saying, without offering evidence Washington's efforts have created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and lose part of its territories,
They have also begun to construct additional defensive positions in an effort to prevent Ukrainian advances,
We need to inflict significant tactical defeats on Russia,
Podolyak wrote on the Telegram messaging app While one-third of them [the armoured vehicles] are restraining the stronghold, the others are bypassing it by entering nearby settlements and organising ambushes.”
A Russian military blogger, Rybar, semi-independent of the Kremlin, summarising the approach said We arrived on Monday last week. It had been equipped two days before that,
a surgeon told the Guardian between puffs on a cigarette Considering the presence of Western military equipment, the use of Western ammunition and missiles in attacks on civilian infrastructure and irrefutable proof of foreigners’ participation in the attack on Russian territory, one could come to the conclusion that the world is on the brink of a third world war,
It is apparent to us that Mr Putin and the Russian military are diverting some resources, some units, towards the Kursk Oblast to ostensibly counter what the Ukrainians are doing,
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday There’s still active fighting along that front.”
Mr Kirby said, before adding