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Geolocated footage published on August 9 indicates that Ukrainian forces were recently operating west of Sudzha, within the settlement, north of Sudzha near Kazachya Loknya, and northeast of Leonidovo and in Dmitriukov.”
This is very bad news for Putin,
Putin no longer controls the situation. He can only try deploying more troops and attempting to recapture his lost territory,
We are on the offensive. The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilise the situation in Russia as they are unable to protect their own border,
the security official said on condition of anonymity There is no idea of annexation … We are operating in strict accordance with international law,
he said, contrasting this with alleged violations by Russian troops in occupied territory According to preliminary information, the Russians used a North Korean missile in this attack – yet another deliberate terrorist strike against Ukraine,
Zelenskiy wrote on social media The situation is basically unchanged. Their pressure in the east continues, they are not pulling back troops from the area,
Judging by how actively western arms are being used, our western partners played a part indirectly in the planning,
Now they have to move. And the Russians are bad at this. They are bad at logistics. It was a brilliant move by Ukraine. … They have already achieved a huge success by forcing Russia to move its troops, by demonstrating that Russia is defenseless in other areas. It’s a huge prestige blow to Putin."
We will see how the Kursk operation will develop
Asked whether capturing the Kursk nuclear power plant near the border was an aim, he said This operation has shown that we can go on the offensive, move forward,
It seems that the Russians have problems with coordination, preparedness for action,
We absolutely will not cause problems for nuclear security. This we can guarantee,
Ukrainian forces appear to be able to use these small armored groups to conduct assaults past the engagement line due to the low density of Russian personnel in the border areas,
it said in an analysis of the raid When will it be possible to conduct a negotiation process in a way that we can push them or get something from them? Only when the war is not going on according to their scenarios,
We’re in touch with our Ukrainian counterparts and we are working to gain a better understanding of what they’re doing, what their goals are, what their strategy is,
This is another targeted attack on a crowded place, another act of terror by the Russians,
Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin said in a Telegram post I do not understand why Ukraine needs this. We need to figure it out. As I said before, we made it clear to them that any provocations will not go unanswered,
Lukashenko said ... according to state news agency Belta Such a coordinated ground force movement responds to a clear military objective,
Boulegue told The Associated Press There's been no changes in our policy approaches,
Kirby said when asked about U.S. policy on use of weapons