Posted on 08/06/2024 11:11:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin has desperately sent troops to repel hundreds of soldiers, tanks and armoured vehicles that have stormed across Russia's border in what Moscow claimed was a Ukrainian attack.
Moscow's defence ministry said it has rushed troops and aviation units to the southwestern region after Ukrainian units allegedly tried to attack Russian positions just inside the border, according to Russian officials.
'Border defence troops, together with military units of the FSB border force, are repelling attacks and inflicting fire damage on the enemy,' the defence ministry said in a statement Tuesday.
Russia claims Ukraine launched the foray early this morning with as many as 300 troops, 11 tanks and more than 20 armoured combat vehicles, claiming to have struck back with airstrikes.
Intense footage appeared to show explosions hitting the ground from a driver's window some eight miles inside the Russian border today.
Another clip showed a fighter jet tearing through the sky towards black smoke billowing up ahead. The plumes appeared to be coming from the shell of a burnt out lorry in the road.
The Russian governor of the Kursk region said three people had been killed by Ukrainian forces throughout the day - a woman in the attempted border incursion and two people whose vehicles were hit in separate drone attacks.
'The situation in the border area remains difficult, but our defenders are successfully working to destroy the enemy,' Alexei Smirnov added.
In a series of updates on social media, Smirnov said two Russian civilians had been killed, one by shelling and the other by a drone, and 18 others were wounded.
The defence ministry said the attack was focused on the settlements of Nikolaevo-Darino and Oleshnya - just across from Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region.
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You have a weak mind in that the Deep State can wave the patriotism flag for a war 5000 miles away overseas and, like a trained dog, you chase the flag while they steal your freedoms and country. You are a natural slave.
Ok boomer. The 80s called and they want their Cold War mindset back.
You are stuck in the past while the present rolls over you.
I’m not waving the American flag, nor the Ukrainian flag. Why are you waving the Russian flag?
Putin is so evil. In power nearly 30 years and the only conflict Russia is involved with is their neighbor Ukraine which is the birthplace of Russia. Meanwhile the us, nato and the eu have either set up bases or gained influence in a majority of the former Soviet states and satellite countries that border russia. You are stuck in the 1980s
Excellent rejection of Bidens war and corruption.
Now that all the West’s old equipment is decommisioned at Russia’s expense and we exhanged at top dollar value to Ukraine allowing the Pentagon to rearm next gen equipment, their is no further justification. We’ve squeezed Ukraine for more than they will ever be worth.
Sounds like a stealth zeeper reading your responses now to your questions.
Tell Russia to send “General 200” Syrskyi’s new August crop of massacred Ukrainians back from the Kursk region, so their wives and mothers can bury the pieces.
The neoconneds are angry that the Ukrainian front line is collapsing.
I’m not a Zeeper, stealthy or otherwise. Are you a Pooter?
Why don’t you stop your childish name calling which has nothing to do with the issues of war and peace in Europe. I think it’s disgusting.
In fact you are acting exactly like a democrat liberal.
Because you love mother Russia so much why don’t we send you there and see what they do to you.
Your Chechens really blew it at the Kursk border today.
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Put a sock in it.
What Niu York doink?
Pretty warm clothing for this time of year.
The Putinists are still mad at President Reagan for killing the Soviet Union. Putin was their last chance to reconstitute the USSR but Putin and his crappy military fumbled the ball.
They’ll have to climb over the mountains of rotting Russian dead to go back over the border.
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