Zelenskiy aide says ‘root cause of any escalation’, including into Kursk, is Moscow’s ‘unequivocal aggression’
Russian military bloggers have reported that the western part of the town of Sudzha now appears to be under Ukrainian control.Russian military bloggers have reported that the western part of the town of Sudzha now appears to be under Ukrainian control.Ukraine has publicly justified its attack into Russian territory for the first time, amid reports that its forces are advancing towards a village 13 miles inside the Kursk region on the third day of its incursion.
Russian military bloggers, currently the most accurate sources of information, reported that fighting was taking place on the highway east of Korenevo, 13 miles north of the border, while the western part of Sudzha, about six miles into Russia, appeared to be under Ukrainian control. Videos have also emerged showing a few dozen Russian troops, including border guards captured at the checkpoint west of Sudzha, being rounded up by Ukrainians on the first day of the raid, demonstrating the initial success.
“The situation is not irreversible, nothing supernatural has happened … Yes, our men have died, that’s a fact. The enemy has entered several settlements,” Alaudinov said in a video message on his Telegram channel.convened a televised meeting of Russia’s security council on Wednesday, in which the military’s chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, told him the advance had been halted and that the Kursk operation would be concluded by “reaching the Russian state border”.
Fears that Russia could retaliate against the west have been behind decisions by the US president, Joe Biden, and others to restrict the use of high-value western weapons, such as F-16 fighters, to territory inside Ukraine’s borders. There has so far been no confirmed reports of their use in the Kursk offensive, although there have been some statements by Russia that Ukraine has been using Stryker and Bradley armoured vehicles.
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