Russian Army General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov ignored intelligence warnings that Ukrainian armed forces were massing near the Kursk Oblast border, Bloomberg reported, citing a source close to the Kremlin.
Parts of Kiev entered the area on August 6, leading to clashes on Russian soil.
According to the information, Gerasimov and senior officials did not notice information about the attack for 2 weeks before launching the attack. It is even more surprising that the president Vladimir Putin he was not told about the troops raised.
Kremlin sources say that “while Gerasimov’s removal is unlikely in the short term,
there is patience
Moscow side
his way
leading
the war is on
running out”
Russia said at least 1,000 Ukrainian troops, backed by tanks and armored vehicles, had entered its territory on Tuesday morning – in what appeared to be one of the largest attacks more on Russian soil since the beginning of the war. Putin described what was happening as a “massive provocation” and said that Ukrainian units were carrying out attacks against civilian infrastructure. The Russian leader announced that a one-time financial aid of 10,000 rubles each was given to people who had to leave their homes.
“Russia has brought war to our country and it must feel what it has done. The Ukrainians know how to achieve their goals… Everyone can see that the Ukrainian army knows how to surprise them and achieve results,” said Head the seat of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyavoiding direct reference to the ongoing fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. Mykhailo Podoliak, a senior adviser in the president’s office, said that the “main reason for any escalation,” including in Kursk, was “unprecedented aggression” by Russia, believing that he could invade Ukraine without permission.
What was happening in Russia was also mentioned in the US, because a spokesperson for the White House announced that they had no prior knowledge of the attack plan.
“Ukraine’s military use of American equipment and weapons in the operation in the Kursk region does not contradict the policy of the United States, as long as the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not go deep into Russian territory,” said a spokesman for the campaign. Pentagon, cited by the AP.
Russia has declared a state of emergency in Kursk and local authorities say 3,000 civilians have been evacuated after an attack that appeared to have put Moscow on guard, the Guardian reports.
Member of Parliament of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharenko announced that Kyiv forces have established control over the Suja gas plant, a key facility involved in the transfer of natural gas from Russia to the EU through Ukraine, which continues despite the war.
This is the only place that Russian blue fuel enters the EU. Against this background, the Kremlin announced that it had increased security around the Kursk nuclear power plant, which is about 70 km northeast of Suja.
“Ukrainian
troops quickly
taken over
350 square meters. km of Russia
end
and captured dozens of Russians. In less than 48 hours, Ukraine seized more land than it did during the infamous anti-crime in the summer of 2023, writes the British “Daily Telegraph”.
But experts are largely skeptical of Ukraine’s accession to Russia, even if its progress on the ground has been better than many had predicted, and at a time when Kiev is under pressure which is increasingly on the front line in Central Donbass.
“As a military strategy I’m still a little puzzled, but as a political strategy it was very successful. This again suggests that
“the red ones
lines” on Putin
it’s just words
and Russia will not do that
it is so strong
as some are making it out,” said Jade McGlynn, a Ukraine expert and researcher at King’s College London.
Russian anti-Kremlin groups led attacks from Ukraine into Russia near the city of Belgorod.
2024-08-09 20:00:00
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