The leader in charge of the Ukrainian attack into Kursk has been identified. pic.twitter.com/h70U26opVm
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) August 7, 2024
Lmfao.
Ukraine has been systematically destroying the electrical infrastructure and communications network in the Sudzha area for weeks. pic.twitter.com/NB8BZC6IYk
— Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) August 7, 2024
They also damaged the gas pipeline (which, for some reason, people keep saying is the reason they attacked). pic.twitter.com/nkAMq6pGtb
— Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) August 7, 2024
Is this the demilitarized buffer zone Putin promised to create? To be honest, it is much easier to create it inside of Russia than inside of Ukraine. One must admit that this is a brilliant idea of Putin's and give credit when credit's due.
— Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) (@polidemitolog) August 7, 2024
Local Russian channels from Sudzha report that Sudzha would be under Ukrainian control. Earlier a rumor appeared that Russian local commanders had surrendered the town without fighting. For now, this is all speculation and not confirmed. pic.twitter.com/0rZz0cpWkD
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2024
«Где наша армия хваленая? Ни одного ПВО здесь, них нет нет. Ахмат-войска свалили первые», - житель города Суджа
— Пан Пачковский (@Q0MT6pFmbVqynsM) August 7, 2024
По его словам, часть жителей города не смогла уехать из-за того, что у них нет средств. pic.twitter.com/lNyL05SQS7
Russian Resident: "Where is our glorified army? There is not a single air defense here, there are none. Akhmat troops were the first to run"
"Sudzha... someone will be held accountable for this," Russian military blogger Voenacher writes.
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2024
Looks like Russians are in actual trouble in the Kursk region. pic.twitter.com/A74RwOiyCC
The tears in Russian channels right now, reminds me of the withdrawal from Kharkiv in 2022. They have no exact idea what is going on, but everyone is panicking. And every few minutes they have to read bad news and situations decreasing. If only to make Russia look completely…
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2024
Reports coming in about a shot down Russian fighter jet. Unclear where and which type, but presumably in the Kursk direction. pic.twitter.com/20rwC5fpvS
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2024
Russians shelling Russians in Russia. https://t.co/mwpNDlPqwI
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 7, 2024
Russia should start negotiating peace and give up that territory to stop the suffering of Russian civilians.
— Christoph Doppelhofer (@C_Doppelhofer) August 7, 2024
Worth it just for this tbh. https://t.co/lBda4PkG8u
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 7, 2024
Judging by replies and commentaries of Russian officials and war-bloggers:
— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) August 7, 2024
Attacks by Ukraine on occupied territories of Ukraine - OK;
Attacks by Ukraine on Russia proper - "well, that's no way to behave"
About fucking time Ukraine took the fight to Russia.
Aww, your country is being invaded, feels bad doesn't it?
Hope America doesn't bitch Ukraine out and lets them continue.
Get some Bradleys in there and stick a Patriot on the border to blast out the sky any aircraft.
Probably won't be allowed to do that though.
Ryuu96 said:
Lmfao. |
That is pretty funny, however shame he gave up his "quest" on Moscow. He probably had a chance the way the Russians were organised and ready lol.
The US said it intends to request clarification from Kyiv regarding the events in the Kursk region, the White House said.
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2024
🙃
Don't you dare...
WaPo got Vance’s texts to white supremacist Charles Johnson. “Dude I won’t even take calls from Ukraine,” he told Johnson in October, about three weeks after House Republicans blocked additional aid to help Kyiv repel the Russian invasion. “Two very senior guys reached out to me.…
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) August 7, 2024
A fair bit depends on what Ukraine has available in reserve to throw into the operation, and how quickly RF organizes to counter. I would treat many of the maps as speculative, because the first few days in an offensive tend to be the most dynamic.
— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) August 7, 2024
It also gives Ukraine leverage - something that could be "traded back" in any eventual negotiation.
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) August 7, 2024
Ukraine isn't interested in occupying Russian lands, but it'll be intolerable for Putin to leave any territory within of Russia's recognised borders under Ukrainian control.
Reports indicate that Ukraine has already taken hundreds of captives in the Kursk region. Here another group of several dozen is visible. pic.twitter.com/nlvN2lJ2Tm
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 7, 2024
This is all because the CSTO expanded too quickly and too close to Ukraine's borders. Kyiv was provoked into this invasion. https://t.co/CWxew7FWZz
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) August 7, 2024
It's pretty easy to be quick to dismiss the Ukrainian offensive operation in Russia's Kursk as "just a PR stunt" and criticize it, given the dire situation at Porkovsk and Toretsk.
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) August 7, 2024
That, indeed, might be a bad idea.
At the same time, it's very hard to ignore the fact that...
-…
It's pretty easy to be quick to dismiss the Ukrainian offensive operation in Russia's Kursk as "just a PR stunt" and criticize it, given the dire situation at Porkovsk and Toretsk.
That, indeed, might be a bad idea.
At the same time, it's very hard to ignore the fact that...
- given Russia's strategic superiority in resources and manpower and given Russia's readiness to tolerate inadequate losses, putting their flags over lifeless ruins of Ukrainian towns at any cost,
- given Ukraine's own chronic problems and constraints in its ability to fight a full-scale total war in the 21st-century environment against one of the world's largest militaries,
- given how chronically slow Western defense aid is and how reluctant the West is in making decisions and dropping its "escalation management" limitations,
...Ukraine may need to focus even more on asymmetrical tactics and out-of-the-box solutions that hit Russia hard where it doesn't expect.
Just fighting through walls of endless Russian frontal attacks slowly closing in under the rain of gliding bombs for months and years is a bleak perspective.
Especially in a situation where the aggressor spends over two years enjoying perfectly safe havens in its territory to concentrate its forces, unfold its logistics, etc., for bombing campaigns and new offensive operations -- because heaven forbid Ukraine strikes back too hard.
We'll see.
And no, "just surrender then" is not an option.
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