Posted on 08/07/2024 9:07:26 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
This is the moment a furious Vladimir Putin was told that 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers had fought their way 'deep' inside Russian territory for the first time in the war.
Earlier today, Putin declared that Ukraine carried out a 'large-scale provocation' following a daring surprise assault on Russia's border region of Kursk, which saw thousands evacuated.
Now, it has been revealed by Russia's chief of the general staff General Valery Gerasimov that 1,000 troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the offensive to seize a section of territory in the Sudzhinsky district of Kursk.
In an emergency meeting with the Russian Security Council, a frustrated Putin can be heard asking his colleagues to report on the situation in Kursk.
General Gerasimov - speaking by video from an operational control point - then describes the Ukrainian soldier's advances before claiming with little evidence that the surprise thrust had been stopped.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
What are the Ukrainians attacking? Energy? Weaponry? Command posts? What’s the goal of the attack?
Probably just to force Russia to defend this part of the border, which will reduce the manpower available for its offensives elsewhere.
So, if there are peace negotiations, does Ukraine get to keep this portion of Russia? /s (sort of)
I was expecting the old “Hitler is told...” meme with a new script.
I would think that defending Mother Russia will be the priority. That will divert resources from the Ukraine invasion. This will also demoralize the Russian public.
Steiner’s attack will put everything back into order ...
Power plant, according to another article.
I see no evidence that he is furious, and I assume the release of such a video is theater, mostly to state the attack was defeated. Maybe to set up a large strike in retaliation.
Thanks. I haven’t seen anything about any military goal, be interesting to see how long they stay across the border and what if anything they accomplish there.
I’d be going after the oil complexes, Crimean bridge, and rail hubs.
This offensive is proof that it is the the Ukrainians, not the Russians, using wasteful human wave tactics.
Vladimir Putin was told that 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers had fought their way ‘deep’ inside Russian territory….
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….then vaporized by Vlads FAB’s and artillery. Been rinsed and repeated time and time again….the title should have been “ 1,000 Ukie soldiers with no chance of support or supply fed into Vlad’s meat grinder”.
Of course the western MSM states the Ukies will be marching on Red Square anytime.
Let’s see how many of them make it back across the border.
Until the fraulein cries...
This isn’t the first time they’ve done it, but previously they used Russian volunteers. This is the first time they openly enter with Ukrainian troops. Still, they don’t have the manpower to seize and hold ground, this is just to shake things up.
It’s all very dramatic—and also a shameful waste of precious military resources.
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