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It's creating a real dilemma for Putin, and we've been in direct contact, constant contact, with the Ukrainians. That's all I'm going to say about it while it's active."
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,
Everything is being executed according to the plan,
Syrskyi replied, without elaborating It should be emphasised that the (Kursk) operation ... helps the front line because it does not allow Russia to transfer additional units to the Donetsk region, complicates its military logistics."
I'll say it straight: the crisis has not yet been overcome,
It's creating a real dilemma for Putin,
Russians should have enough reserves, so that they should not be forced to weaken the 'Centre' group of forces which is currently pressuring the Ukrainian lines near Toretsk and Pokrovsk,
Now we have done the exact same thing - we have proven once again that we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals in any situation - capable of defending our interests and our independence,
The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace, the sooner Ukrainian raids on Russian territory will stop.
That analysis was supported by a statement from a Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson, who today told reporters in Kyiv The Ukrainians have been understandably cagey about what their intended goals are, but there are a few things they could be seeking to simultaneously accomplish
Jacob Parakilas, research leader for Defence Strategy, Policy and Capabilities at the thinktank RAND Europe, said The Russians seem to have been caught by surprise, or at least not prepared
If, in going to the defence Ukraine can turn this part of the front on Russian soil into the same kind of positional war that has evolved along the rest of the front in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv's forces could hold this ground for weeks or even months.
As long as Putin continues the war, he will receive such responses from Ukraine,
The spokesperson did however add ... suggesting Over the weekend, it seems like more Russian forces, including some pulled from inside Ukraine, have started arriving and may have now halted further Ukrainian advances, but it's not been a particularly impressive response yet.
Zelensky's goals with the incursion into Russian territory are becoming clearer with time
Retired US Army Brigadier General and former US Defence Attaché in Moscow Kevin Ryan said Preparations for our next steps continue,
he added, without elaborating It has become too loud, I’m scared for the children, they need to live a normal life,
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,
It is only fair to destroy Russian terrorists where they are, where they launch their strikes from,
the Ukrainian president said