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,
The Ukrainian Armed Forces only targets military infrastructure,
Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine’s south,
Unfortunately, Ukraine does not have sufficient capabilities to carry out long-range strikes with the weapons it has to defend itself against this terror,
No, we had nothing to do with this,
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,
With more and more respected voices warning of a wider conflict in Europe it’s deeply concerning the West is not doing enough to put the Ukraine fire out."
We seriously need to rekindle our Cold War statecraft skills to be able to look Putin in the eye and stand up to him – conscious of the escalatory ladder. If we don’t a wider conflict in Europe is inevitable."
The latest data, not confirmed, says they've taken as much as 750 square kilometres and may have gone as far as 35 kilometres from the border."
Certainly, it’s harder now for Putin to project the image of a Teflon president,
There is nothing. It’s as if everyone has flown to another planet, and you are left alone. And the birds stopped singing,
You can tell that he is absolutely terrified of the fact that Ukraine has made gains,
One of the justifications that he routinely uses for the invasion of Ukraine is the security of the Russian state. The fact that Ukraine has launched this incursion into Russian territory, I think, is absolutely humiliating for him,
He is upset that something like this could have happened,
What he does next, of course, will depend on how the situation on the ground progresses,
One of the obvious goals of the enemy is to sow discord, strife, intimidate people, destroy the unity and cohesion of Russian society,
The West is fighting us with the hands of the Ukrainians,