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There are no indications yet that the Russian armed forces have enough forces and areas to deploy such significant actions [a counterattack],
said Lt Col Mattias Puusepp, deputy chief of staff of the Estonian defence forces We should defend what we have. Attacking Kursk takes good soldiers away from Pokrovsk – and if it does divert some Russian troops, it only moves the problem of their numbers from one place to another, ... My mother always told me: stand your ground.”
he said, before adding a characteristically Ukrainian formulation I’m just too old, I can’t start over. I don’t want to leave what I have.”
A few Ukrainians, however, insist on remaining, such as Valentyna Mykolaiivna, a pensioner from Yunakivka, who It is a good idea – they pushed them back. Let them stay where they are. Why do they want to come here? Don’t they have enough land?”
The situation in the border area remains difficult, but our defenders are successfully working to destroy the enemy,
Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and informational silence became decisive in the initial stage of the operation,
the Airborne Assault Troops said in an online post Right now the risk of an armed invasion of the territory of Kursk region from Ukraine is not high. However, we are constantly working to strengthen the region’s defense capabilities."
The following month, he wrote The Russians had a complete intelligence failure here,
French military expert Yohann Michel, research fellow at the IESD institute in Lyon, said in an interview What's going on with the lights? I've got no light or water,
said a woman posting as "Ekaterina Picasa." We advise people to leave the town,
said one such message at 7:34 a.m. It's clear that substantial amounts of different engineer equipment were prepared and used,
said Paroinen, who studies publicly available footage from the Russia-Ukraine war It was likely easier for Ukrainian forces to progress around and through Russia's fortifications in the region, especially if they were manned by fewer or poorly trained personnel,
I would understand if it was difficult for the Russians to think something that big could happen,
Troops covering the state border, together with units of the border troops of the FSB of Russia, are repelling the attacks and inflicting fire on the enemy in the area of the state border and on its reserves in the Sumy region (of Ukraine),
If there are further blunders like [the strike into Russia by Ukraine], we can lose [the war]
Karen Shakhnazarov, head of Mosfilm studios and a famous Russian movie director, said on state TV We... await your future products that will help us finish the special military operation,
Kadyrov wrote, using the official term by which Russia describes its war in Ukraine The actions taken are of a defensive nature, that is, they set up defensive lines, move units."
The operation will end with the smashing of the enemy and [Russian forces] reaching the state border."
At the briefing on August 7, Gerasimov told Putin Tell me please, is it true that Ukrainian tanks have broken through to Sudzha and Darino?"
a user, "Nestik", posted on Telegram We worked to pre-empt them and they did not see this coming at all,