No situation on the battlefield can justify targeting civilians,
NEW: Russian sources claimed on August 9 that Ukrainian forces advanced further east in Kursk Oblast but are likely no longer operating as far north or as far west as Russian sources previously claimed on August 8.
Geolocated footage published on August 9 indicates that Ukrainian forces were recently operating west of Sudzha, within the settlement, north of Sudzha near Kazachya Loknya, and northeast of Leonidovo and in Dmitriukov.”
Many dead, some of the vehicles burned to the ground
The price of mistakes these days will be calculated in the lives of soldiers and civilians
We can and we should take more land of the Ukraine that still exists,
This is another targeted attack on a crowded place, another act of terror by the Russians,
The town is controlled by the armed forces of Ukraine, the town is calm, all buildings are intact,
At the moment there is a real danger of strikes and provocations by the Ukrainian army,
The actions of the Ukrainian army pose a direct threat" to the Kursk plant in western Russia
This is extremely important and has been particularly effective over the last three days,
There is no military system in place for guarding the state border, no reserves and no second lines of defense, ... If the Ukrainian Armed Forces spent two months preparing for this, how did we miss it?”
The chief [Putin] was in a poor mood … He probably hasn’t been seen [it] like this since our [Russian army] was forced to retreat from Kherson in the fall of 2022,
I do not understand why Ukraine needs this. We need to figure it out. As I said before, we made it clear to them that any provocations will not go unanswered,
Such a coordinated ground force movement responds to a clear military objective,
There's been no changes in our policy approaches,
Ukrainian forces are reportedly present in areas as far as 35 kilometres from the international border,
The war has come to us, so all the relatives have gone to Moscow,
In a few hours our town was turned into ruins ... Our relatives are left behind, we can't call them, there is no communication. Please help us get our land back,
Russia will be held accountable for this terror,