“THE WAR HAS COME TO US”
Ukraine’s shock offensive into the Kursk area appeared to catch Russia off guard, with some analysts suggesting Kyiv hoped to divert assets and relieve stress on elements of the frontline the place Moscow is advancing.
Influential Russian navy bloggers have blasted military leaders for failing to identify or quash the incursion.
Senior Kyiv officers have stayed largely tight-lipped, though Zelensky alluded to the assault on Thursday.
“Everybody can see that the Ukraine military is aware of the way to shock and is aware of the way to obtain outcomes,” he mentioned.
Moscow has not introduced detailed data on the extent of the Ukrainian advance.
It mentioned Friday it had struck Ukrainian positions on the western fringe of Sudzha, a city round eight kilometres (5 miles) from the border that seemed to be the main target of Kyiv’s offensive.
A number of Russian media retailers shared a video purporting to point out residents from the city interesting to President Vladimir Putin for assist, warning that many had been unable to evacuate.
“In a couple of hours our city was became ruins … Our family members are left behind, we won’t name them, there isn’t any communication. Please assist us get our land again,” one resident mentioned within the video.
1000’s have been evacuated from the border area, with Russia placing on an additional prepare to Moscow from the regional capital, Kursk, for these trying to go away.
At a prepare station in Moscow, AFP journalists noticed households disembarking with kids.
“The battle has come to us, so all of the family members have gone to Moscow,” AFP heard a girl together with her younger daughter saying on the station.
