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We continue to hold positions on the Kursk front,
We could not allow expensive missiles to be fired at the wrong target,
The situation is really tense,
Liza Sherstyuk, an aid worker in the region, told the London Telegraph The roads are littered with hundreds of destroyed cars, armoured vehicles and ATVs (all-terrain vehicles). There are a lot of wounded and dead,
Basically, Sudzha’s taken, the Ukrainians are retreating, and we’re f------ told not to touch them. Let them carefully slip out through the fields,
one Russian soldier said in a video posted on Telegram that could not be independently verified The situation in the Kursk region is very difficult and could turn into a disaster if we don’t act urgently to clear the logistical routes.”
On March 8, one Ukrainian military blogger wrote This again came as a surprise to our command,
one soldier said on Telegram We have all the logistics here on [the] highway,
one Ukrainian soldier said Many of them executed very smart tactical manoeuvres,
Boroda, an assault platoon commander, told The New York Times We almost died several times. Drones are in the sky all the time,
The retreat was generally organised but occasionally chaotic,
We couldn't even use our Himars rockets because Trump cut off intelligence-sharing,
