Posted on 08/10/2024 11:08:57 PM PDT by dennisw
Russian forces have been hammered by an offensive in Kursk since Tuesday
Russia has evacuated more than 76,000 people from border areas in the western region of Kursk as Ukraine continues to push deeper in its cross-border offensive, Russian media reported today.
'More than 76,000 people have been temporarily relocated to safe places,' the state-run TASS news agency reported, citing a local official at a press briefing.
Russia appears to have been caught off guard by a daring incursion into the southwestern Kursk region since Tuesday, though Ukraine has stopped short of formally claiming responsibility.
On Tuesday, Pro-Kyiv forces stormed into the region with around 1,000 troops and more than two dozen armoured vehicles and tanks, according to the Russian army.
It appears to be the most significant Ukrainian attack into Russia since the war erupted, with analysts suggesting Kyiv's troops had advanced up to several miles into Russia.
Russia has desperately tried to fend off the offensive with artillery, airstrikes and troops, but the extent of their success is unclear.
Temporary shelters have been set up in the meantime across eight regions of Russia to house thousands of evacuees now displaced by the incursion in what officials have called a 'slap in the face for the president'.
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Yes. My ancestors are from Europe. Why? Are you a racist?
You want to know something else? They left Europe to escape the militarism, bloody religious and ethnic persecutions, and your dirty corrupt countries.
Why should any American give two sh$&s what Russia and Ukraine do? Our country is going off the rails. We need to get out of nato , protect our own country. Let Russia have all of europe atleast their governments would’t hate white people anymore. Putin is on the same level as George bush and Obama and Biden . Maybe we should have fought them since Putin doesn’t affect our lives.
Clown. Stop trying to clown people here at FR.
“The dozen of Freepers (fans of deep-state Putin) “
Help me out here. I thought Freepers was a term used to describe those subscribed to Free Republic.
Russia is monstrously corrupt, Mafia gangster style. We are corrupt. Ukraine is barely corrupt compared to the US and Russia. >BR> US corruption --- The recent big Pharma scam, making tens of billions via the C19 hoax. Big Pharma has thousands of US hack politicians on its payrolls. Payments are done via campaign contributions.
Ukraine is in the bush leagues of corruption. But by all means keep hallucinating about Ukraine corruption here. Robotically, same as others here at FR.
Beat me to it.
ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!(((PING!)))
I think it’s stupid we don’t allow Ukraine to take the war to Russia... that’s the only way they can win and we don’t allow it.
Almost as if we just want never ending war.
Maybe I'm so used to seeing propaganda posted as news that I doubt everything being reported on this. That's why I've stayed out of these debates.
Almost as if we just want never ending war.
That's due to our MIC.
USA-FRANCE:
“The dozen of Freepers (fans of deep-state Putin) “
KingLudd:
Help me out here. I thought Freepers was a term used to describe those subscribed to Free Republic.
USA-FRANCE:
Yes indeed. It is a term to describe Free Republic subscribers. And there are about 12 of those FR subscribers who have showed direct or indirect support for Russia.
Talk is cheap. NATO will get involved if Russia ends up using nukes in this war.
Just going by Chuck Shumer approved newspeak.
The Russians Broke Through The Encirclement⚔️ Ivanivka Has Fallen 🔥 Military Summary For 2024.08.11
You're as big a liar as your globalist puppet leader Macron.
Attack by the armed forces of Ukraine in the region of Kursk could be the beginning of the military end for Kiev, which could lead to greater territorial losses for Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the military expert of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Gustav Gressel, in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine.
„If Ukraine seeks to hold territory for a few months, it will lead to military costs that can hardly be covered. The expansion of the front line is profitable above all for Russia. “It has more weapons, ammunition and people that it can use on a wider front,” says the Austrian specialist. According to him, the effect of surprise threatens to quickly turn against Ukraine.
The expert noted that Moscow could send additional forces to the Kursk region, which would first contain the attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces, and then tire them out. He pointed out that in the meantime, Kiev is exhausting its resources in Donbas, and if the front collapses, then Ukraine will have to one way or another leave the territories in the Kursk region and transfer them again to the east. “There, this could lead to greater territorial losses,”, noted Gressel.
The specialist recalled that in Germany the camp of Sarah Wagenknecht, who opposes the supply of weapons to Kiev, enjoys significant popularity. “Ukraine may seem like an unreliable daredevil. Berlin and Washington would withdraw their support. “The maneuvers in the Kursk region could be the beginning of the military end for Ukraine,”, Gressel said. "Ukraine is in a difficult situation," he said. “Due to the insignificant military assistance of its partners, it cannot win the war in purely traditional ways, so it tries to resort to risky operations. But in this way, he risks completely losing the support of the West”, the expert believes.
“Clown. Stop trying to clown people here at FR.”
Right, as the only reply you can come up with is a personal insult. I could say you’re a warmongering foreign weirdo, but I won’t.
Putin is in panic mode.
Actually, there is near zero Russian push-back against the Ukrainian invasion, they simply have no resources left to defend mother Russia. Unless they decide to use nukes, but that would mean the end of Russia and the planet.
Putin is scrambling to get some Wagner troops in the area... but where are the national Russian troops?
What is happening right now is a spectacular display of absolute Kremlin weakness.
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