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They started declaring a missile threat often, it was very scary
Another evacuee, Svetlana, from the Bolshesoldatsky district, said The best recommendation to the citizens of the Russian Federation is not to visit the occupied Crimea and the Black Sea coast
In May 2023, amid rising tensions and increased military activity, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said I urge everyone in Crimea and other occupied territories to stay as far away as possible from military facilities and infrastructure used by the Russian army
Night attack on Crimea, previously affected: Ferry crossing at the port of Kerch."
Posting on Telegram, he said We have penetrated the infrastructure of the US and NATO countries to once again prove to them that they are vulnerable and a constant target."
A message posted on Telegram said Air defense systems repelled a group attack by 12 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles on the Crimean Bridge over the night. All missiles were destroyed,
the ministry said in a statement The perfect scenario for us now would be for the enemy to withdraw its forces from other areas and send them to this [the Kursk] front, exposing its reserves,
Analysing all the conversations I’ve had in many capitals in and outside Europe over the past six months, it seems to me that the main fear was that these countries would be drawn into the war,
It's hard for the vulnerable to dictate their terms. This situation creates a psychological and political context that could shift negotiations to follow a different logic. Now, most likely, there will be an escalation, a raising of the stakes. If Russia raises the stakes, then the West will get a kind of opportunity to raise the stakes for itself,
The blending of the best World War II strategies, which I think Syrskyi studied at the academy, has been creatively worked on, enhanced by modern technological solutions, and has produced the maximum result,
Putin started this; kick his ass!"
Meanwhile, members of a US bipartisan delegation on an official visit to Kyiv expressed admiration, with one remarking Does anyone know whether Nina was taken away from Sudzha?"
One week on from the start of Ukraine’s operation in Kursk Oblast, fewer voices on local Telegram channels are asking We should call it a war, a full military operation. Not some counterterrorism or a special military operation. That’s all wrong."
We were left alone. With children, without shelter, without money. Our kids are afraid to sleep at night."
In the video, posted that evening on a Telegram blog called 'Our native Sudzha,' one woman can be heard saying It wasn't pretty."
Evgeny Bakalo, a resident of neighbouring Belgorod Oblast, told The Financial Times Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin], tell your officials responsible for truthful information to show the real situation. These lies are causing civilians to die."
We called the emergency services. They said everything was calm, and that there was nothing to worry about,
But she's most worried about the house and her animals,
Where was the secret service? They deceived the people!"
Another user named Svetlana asked The Russian Federation has cut off the power supply to all these villages in order to stop the Ukrainian troops,
wrote one user, named Pyotr, on one such site