JUST IN: Ukraine did not give the U.S. advance notification that they were going into Kurst, per two U.S. officials. https://t.co/bo3jNJAKbD
— Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) August 7, 2024
No idea what this achieves long term but I think just having the uniformed Ukrainian army do it instead of those Russian RVC lunatics instantly makes all these "escalation management" queries look extremely silly. Give Ukraine every conventional weapon they need.
— 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙨 (@vanillatary) August 7, 2024
UPD: From NSC John Kirby about the events in the Kursk region: "I'll let the Ukrainians speak to their operations, one way or the other, that's most appropriate. So I would refer you to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to speak to what they're doing. We're going to stay focused on… https://t.co/rmNTYDQ5Gt
— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) August 7, 2024
UPD: From NSC John Kirby about the events in the Kursk region: "I'll let the Ukrainians speak to their operations, one way or the other, that's most appropriate. So I would refer you to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to speak to what they're doing. We're going to stay focused on making sure they have what they need to defend themselves. ... I would add that we would be reaching out to our Ukrainian counterparts to get a little bit better understanding."
DoS Spox: “I have seen the statements from the Russian government is a little bit rich - them calling up to the provocation given Russia violated Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, you said, 900 days, and actually goes back much longer. That goes back to 2014 and… pic.twitter.com/3VXoSz3KGx
— Alex Raufoglu (@ralakbar) August 7, 2024
“Ultimately, the decisions about how Ukraine conducts its military operations are decisions that Ukraine makes,” DoS Spox tells me
“I have seen the statements from the Russian government is a little bit rich - them calling up to the provocation given Russia violated Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, you said, 900 days, and actually goes back much longer. That goes back to 2014 and continues to illegally occupy Ukrainian territory. Ultimately, the decisions about how Ukraine conducts its military operations are decisions that Ukraine makes.”
"It's not unusual for the Ukrainians not to notify us that their exact tactics before, before they execute them. It's a war that they they're conducting. We provide them with equipment. We provide them with advice, but when it comes to the kind of day by day tactics that they carry out, strikes that they take, sometimes more communications about them, sometimes we're not. It's appropriate for them to make those decisions"
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