This is the war he started which has now bitten off a piece of Russia. And depending on how this plays out, how long [Ukraine] can hold the territory, can they get more territory, it's even more humiliating for Putin,
We knew that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would go to Kursk Oblast. We knew that they were pulling forces together. We knew everything as usual, the guys from the fields reported it, but the higher-ups did nothing,
If he doesn't, there'll be lots of his gangster chums who'll quite happily slip something in his tea and take over,
I think this is a dramatic development and something which both symbolically and militarily really has huge implications. Symbolically, this makes Putin look weak,
My major concern is, if any of the Russian generals have read the books or studied any of the battles of their forebears from World War II, they would try to surround the attacking forces, either by a ‘pincer’ inside Russia or a deeper envelopment inside of Ukraine,
If this happens, and they are able to complete an encirclement, the Russians will then ‘reduce the forces’ as they did to the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. And it won’t be pretty,
I'm not entirely sure if this is relevant,
The European countries that are still receiving Russian gas through the Ukrainian pipeline system know that there's an expiration date on this at the end of the year,
Whoever tries to interfere with us should know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences as you have never experienced in your history,
We have a nuclear doctrine, look what it says
Ukraine's use of maneuver in Kursk Oblast serves as an example of how Ukrainian maneuver, coupled with operational surprise, can result in comparably sized gains in significantly shorter periods of time with less manpower and materiel,
At the current stage, given this escapade, we are not going to talk.” ... The length
The operation is unfolding exactly as we expected,
Although Putin does have an iron grip, the fact that so many people are talking and understanding what is happening, he's got to sort this out very quickly,