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This is the war he started which has now bitten off a piece of Russia. And depending on how this plays out, how long [Ukraine] can hold the territory, can they get more territory, it's even more humiliating for Putin,
We knew that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would go to Kursk Oblast. We knew that they were pulling forces together. We knew everything as usual, the guys from the fields reported it, but the higher-ups did nothing,
pro-war blogger Anastasia Kashevarova said on Telegram If he doesn't, there'll be lots of his gangster chums who'll quite happily slip something in his tea and take over,
he said in an interview with The Sun I think this is a dramatic development and something which both symbolically and militarily really has huge implications. Symbolically, this makes Putin look weak,
said Browder, CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, the investment adviser to the Hermitage Fund, which was once Russia's largest foreign portfolio investor My major concern is, if any of the Russian generals have read the books or studied any of the battles of their forebears from World War II, they would try to surround the attacking forces, either by a ‘pincer’ inside Russia or a deeper envelopment inside of Ukraine,
If this happens, and they are able to complete an encirclement, the Russians will then ‘reduce the forces’ as they did to the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. And it won’t be pretty,
There is no discussion of this in Poland at all. There is no possibility of the Polish air defense system being outside the country's borders,
NATO will support Ukraine, and we have now increased our support...But NATO's policy is unchanged—we will not be involved in this conflict,
he said, ... Ukrainska Pravda reported At this stage, this is an idea. What our agreement said is that we will explore this idea,
he said at the sidelines of a NATO summit We are starting the forced evacuation of families with children from the Pokrovsk community,
Donetsk governor Vadym Filashkin said, ordering the "compulsory" evacuation of children and their parents from Pokrovsk and about a dozen surrounding villages We are achieving our goals. This morning we have another replenishment of the (prisoner of war) exchange fund for our country,
Zelensky said, referring to more Russian troops being taken prisoner Whoever tries to interfere with us should know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences as you have never experienced in your history,
At the outset he warned in a broadcast We have a nuclear doctrine, look what it says
Two months ago, Putin warned At the current stage, given this escapade, we are not going to talk.” ... The length
In comments reported on Monday by Russian state media, Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said No, they (the proposals) have not been canceled. But at this point, of course, it would be completely inappropriate to enter into any kind of negotiation process,
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 I don't know. It will depend on the situation, including on the battlefield."
Asked how long Moscow would maintain its stance on pausing the prospect of any talks with Kyiv, Ushakov said Although Putin does have an iron grip, the fact that so many people are talking and understanding what is happening, he's got to sort this out very quickly,
Politically, the purpose of the operation is to build leverage ahead of possible negotiations,
Jack Watling, a senior research fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute, wrote in the Guardian