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Simple calls to Russia do not work, only a set of coercive tools works,
he said, meaning economic and diplomatic pressure as well This is destruction of war infrastructure and formation of so-called sanitary zones so that Russia cannot use there ... equipment that strikes deep into the territory of Ukraine,
It has destroyed the myth of escalation, and it created an additional argument to lift this ban on the use of American missiles in the territory of Russia,
Oleksandr Merezhko, Ukrainian foreign affairs chairman, told the Washington Examiner The coming days will show whether there are enough reserves to maintain this pressure,
former Estonian intelligence chief Rainer Saks wrote on social media Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine’s south,
Ukrainian army spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy told Politico, acknowledging The Ukrainian Armed Forces only targets military infrastructure,
Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said Tuesday No, we had nothing to do with this,
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday Remember, this is Russia's war,
Russia is attacking their sovereignty, their freedom,
We have no involvement. We’ll continue to have conversations with the Ukrainians about their approach but it is really for them to speak to,
There are 74 settlements under the control of Ukraine,
What Russian troops and Russian aviation are doing on Ukrainian territory has signs of genocide as well as inhuman crimes. Therefore, Ukraine has the right to wage war in such a way as to paralyse Russia in its aggressive intentions as effectively as possible,
We support Ukraine in this defensive war,
Our operations are purely a security matter for Ukraine – the liberation of the border area from the Russian military,
Zelenskyy said in an overnight address The Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast [has forced] a decision-point on the Kremlin and the Russian military command about whether to view the thousand-kilometer-long international border with northeastern Ukraine as a legitimate frontline that Russia must defend, instead of a dormant area of the theater, as they have treated it since Fall 2022,
This conclusion will narrow the flexibility Russia has enjoyed in committing manpower and material to its ongoing offensive efforts in Ukraine, and the Russian military command will have to consider the requirements for border defense when determining what resources it can allocate to future large-scale offensive and defensive efforts in Ukraine,
Russia has spent considerable resources to build fortifications along the international border area but has not allocated the manpower and material to significantly man and defend those fortifications,
We need appropriate permissions from our partners to use long-range weapons,
We see how useful this can be for bringing peace closer,
The grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine keeps conducting the operation in the territory of Kursk Oblast. Today our troops advanced from one to three kilometres in some areas. 40 square kilometres were taken under control, and, as of today, 74 settlements remain under our control. The fighting is ongoing all along the frontline. The situation is under control despite the high intensity of combat action."