Battles rage in Russia as Kremlin struggles to repel surprise Ukraine incursion
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The unprecedented assault entered its fourth day Friday with Moscow rushing reinforcements and bombing its own territory to try to contain the Ukrainian advance.

The unprecedented assault entered its fourth day Friday with Moscow rushing reinforcements and bombing its own territory to try to contain the Ukrainian advance.

A convoy of burnt-out military trucks, some bearing the “Z” symbol of the Kremlin’s war and appearing to contain bodies, sits along the side of a highway.

The video, circulating on social media Friday and geolocated by NBC News, doesn’t show a beleaguered section of the front lines in eastern Ukraine. It is a village in Kursk, across the border in southern Russia.

For days now Vladimir Putin’s forces have struggled to put down an incursion into Russian territory by Ukrainian troops, after a surprise attack that threatened to upend the war’s status quo and open a new front in a daring challenge to the Kremlin.

  • Veneroso@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Probably a combination of your second point and to pressure Putin into capitulating on peace talks.

    As opposed to the Putin peace plan, which is we keep the 4 captured zones plus Crimea and you can’t join NATO vs Ukraine keeps Kursk, this nuclear power plant, and then this natural gas distribution site that is the last connection to Europe.

    Putin lost this war on the 4th day of his special military operation. The best he can hope for is to hold onto land. That’s a lot harder when you’re losing land that you had at the start…