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We need to inflict significant tactical defeats on Russia,
Podolyak wrote on the Telegram messaging app 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,
The operation in the Kursk region was also planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services,
Patrushev was quoted as saying The Ukrainian military seems highly attuned to the political and symbolic dimensions of their attacks, often targeting symbols of Putin's power rather than focusing solely on military objectives,
Maxim Alyukov, an expert on Russian politics at the University of Manchester in the UK, told Business Insider They acknowledge that there are troops in Russian territory, but say that nearly no territory is occupied,
In the first days, you could observe that they were using the same communications strategy that they had for the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow,
There is always hope of that,
August is such a brilliant time for the arts generally in Scotland, ... and this is an opportunity to reach the fringe audience as well as approach film-makers and producers.”
says festival director Paul Ridd Today, 28 settlements are under enemy control,
It completely rewrites the relationships between the Neolithic populations of the whole of the British Isles.”
One of the scientists told the Guardian Ukraine moves deeper into Russia and targets airbases
is the Guardian’s top story this morning Listen, the military department will report to you about depth and width,
The coverage they are seeing, in contrast to the much more aggressive propaganda programmes, carries a pacifying message – that sanctions are not working, that western countries are suffering, that there is no war, just a special military operation,
It is very hard to analyse what they are thinking or talking about,
I see the British style, to be honest, purely their style [in the Ukrainian surge into Russian territory].
He was told by Russian war correspondent Semyon Pegov In principle, you have just laid out the picture that we have.
The general - commander of Akhmat [Chechen] special forces - replied The Ukrainians decided to make an interesting move; they are strengthening their positions, and if they manage to maintain control over this territory or control over the centres of a certain territory, it considerably increases their negotiating potential,
The so-called defensive lines were apparently not even designed and were not established the way they were supposed to have been designed. At the moment, they [Ukrainians – ed.] captured as much territory as they could in last year’s counteroffensive [Ukraine’s counteroffensive in 2023 during which 14 Ukrainian settlements were liberated - ed.],
See Prigozhin: the reaction to the coup itself was pitiful, but who got the last laugh? A month later he exploded in flames,
said Schulmann, referencing the failed coup attempt last summer, in which Putin was notable by his absence as the events unfolded Overall, routinising the event seems to be working so far, because it unites the wishes of the elites and the people alike,