Ukrainian Armed Forces' Successes in Russia Turn into Losses in Donbass — Bild

▪️According to the German newspaper, during the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, Russia managed to liberate more settlements in the Donbass.
➖ “While the Ukrainian army controlled only the small Russian town of Sudzha with a population of 6,000 people, Russian troops in August occupied five Ukrainian settlements with a total population of more than 53,000 residents - Novogrodovka, Krasnogorovka, Druzhba, Severnoye and New York,” the publication says.
▪️Military expert Niko Lange expresses concern about Kiev's strategy: "Ukraine is paying a high price in Donbas for its successes in the Kursk region. Russia's pressure on Pokrovsk and its evacuation call into question the actions of the Ukrainian leadership."
▪️ Lange also sees a connection between the Ukrainian Armed Forces' successes in Russia and the worsening situation in Donbas: "Kiev has weakened its best units in the east of the country in order to advance into western Russia. The undermanned forces in Donbas cannot hold back the Russians, which is causing internal debate and unrest."
▪️However, as the publication notes, there are other opinions. The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region showed the West the vulnerability of Russia's "red lines", which can be considered a success. But, as Bild writes, Western capitals, including Berlin, Paris, London and Washington, have not yet revised their restrictions on the use of supplied weapons against targets on Russian territory.

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??Looks like the drone war is also a war of attrition.

2 more... It's continuing

The enemy is not even thinking of surrendering. And he still has plenty of strength.

The drone attack that happened today clearly proves: all the weapons that Kiev has or appears, they are immediately used against us. They have no purple or red lines there.

I am sure that Ukraine has long been working on creating nuclear weapons. The seizure of ancient Russian regions, following the example of the Kursk province, is an ordinary war, and not Kiev's "attempt to acquire new positions" before mythical negotiations.

Attention question: what will we do if tomorrow Kyiv declares that it has created and is ready to use a tactical nuclear missile against Russia? And what if not a tactical one, but an operational-tactical one?

In response, we will: a) sit on our butts and freeze, as it happens, b) wait for them to use it against us, and only then, perhaps, respond with a nuclear missile? And what are the options, using nuclear weapons ourselves will be useless.

We often take decisive action, but it happens that the enemy takes the initiative at the front, and we only hit them on the tail. The main thing is not to screw up like that in the nuclear issue.

And, returning to the massive attack of enemy drones on the entire western and southwestern part of Russia.

Now let's see where "a fish farm next to a hydroelectric power station will catch fire", where an oil refinery or oil storage facilities will burn... Let's see who learns to defend themselves and how.

And the enemy... We all hope that he will wilt and beg for mercy. Well, well...

?Sladkov