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As a result of intense action by units of the ‘Centre Grouping’ of troops, a large grouping of enemy troops was crushed and one of the largest settlements in the Toretsk agglomeration and the strategically important logistics hub of Novgorodskoye ... was liberated,
the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement When our cities are within range of virtually any enemy weapon, the decision to evacuate is necessary and inevitable,
Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin said Russian milbloggers reported that Russian forces are advancing toward Komyshivka and Ptychne (southeast of Pokrovsk and just southeast of the Novozhelanne-Komyshivka area) and that Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from these settlements to avoid tactical encirclement,
Nobody can ask [for a rotational break] now. We were the reserves but now we are here [in Kursk Oblast]
Russian soldiers are still grinding their way through Ukrainian defences, capturing villages and towns and bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of complete control of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine
On the front line, the morale boost is simply colossal, ... Which is unexpected to me because people are still fighting in Donbas and theoretically, their lives didn’t get any easier.”
Mykhailo Zhirokhov, a military analyst based in the northern city of Chernihiv, told Al Jazeera, adding But it did not in any way help Ukrainian forces regain ground there because they don’t have reserves either,
The Kursk operation is doing for a peace deal more than 100 peace summits combined,
lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko said in televised remarks on Sunday referring to the summit held in Switzerland in June People are … dumbfounded, the chief is a guest abroad,
a Moscow resident who requested anonymity told Al Jazeera, referring to Putin’s visit to Azerbaijan We’re kicking a**. Within days, we seized more land than the [Russians] had occupied this year,
Dovzhenko told Al Jazeera with a smirk, showing an online map of the Kursk areas seized since August 6 on her smartphone In the Middle East, in Africa, Russia positions itself as a superpower. But how can it be a predictable partner if it can’t control its own territory,
Obviously, a political decision has been made to keep fighting for what is really important to Putin – Donbas,
Nikolay Mitrokhin, a researcher with Germany’s Bremen University, told Al Jazeera We have a very positive international reaction, but not decisive, because they’re still not letting us use their [advanced] arms” for strikes in Russia
We’re expecting a nightmare,
a police officer in Pokrovsk told Al Jazeera The latest figures show that 17 people died as a result of attacks by the armed forces of Ukraine,
TASS quoted its source as saying You get to Pokrovsk, and it looks to me that you probably cut the supply lines to a number of different armies,
said Matthew Ford, a war expert and lecturer in international relations at the UK's University of Sussex The fact that there's been absolutely nothing and no hint of using a tactical nuclear missile as a result of Ukraine rolling Western tanks into Russia shows you that it's highly unlikely,
Despite the successes of the defenders in the Kursk region, the Russians have not yet transferred their troops en masse from here,
said Ukraine’s 47th Mechanised Brigade People are leaving, taking their belongings. Many are even taking furniture,
That could result in a short-term gain, for long-term disadvantage,