Ukraine is not interested in taking the territory of the Kursk region, but we want to protect the lives of our people,
We are fully standing behind Ukraine’s legitimate exercise of its inherent right for self-defense and efforts to restore its territorial integrity and sovereignty, and to push back and fight the illegal aggression by Russia,
I’ve spoken with my staff on a regular basis probably every four or five hours for the last six or eight days,
It’s creating a real dilemma for Putin,
Everything is being executed according to the plan,
Despite difficult and intense battles, our forces continue to advance in the Kursk region, and our state’s ‘exchange fund’ is growing. Seventy-four settlements are under Ukrainian control,
We will not recognise the aggressor as the victim,
There is no question as to which country has committed numerous well-documented atrocities, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, on Ukraine’s sovereign territory,
Russian complacency prevailed. Russia assumed that since it had initiative elsewhere, Ukraine wouldn’t dare to do things we’ve seen.”
They didn’t protect the border,
Simple calls to Russia do not work, only a set of coercive tools works,
The Sudzha crossing is now 5 miles or so from the current frontline inside Russia’s Kursk oblast. For now at least, it remains very much in Ukrainian hands a full week into the border incursion.”
Ukraine needs to strengthen its position before any possible peace negotiations, while Trump has implausibly promised to end the war in one day,
It would be a tragedy if this woman won the presidency,
The situation in the Belgorod region continues to be extremely difficult and tense,
Substantively, Kamala Harris is similar to Joe Biden – she's a liberal internationalist who supports global coalitions, a powerful NATO and a strong Europe,
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,
The coming days will show whether there are enough reserves to maintain this pressure,
Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine’s south,
The Ukrainian Armed Forces only targets military infrastructure,