The longer the Ukrainian incursion lasts, the harder it is for Russia’s president to brush it off as a hiccup in an otherwise successful war effort
As Ukraine’s assault on Russia’s Kursk region continues, Moscow’s repeated insistence that everything is under control is wearing thin.
Images broadcast on Ukrainian TV on Wednesday, showing a reporter speaking from the town of Sudzha, with no obvious signs of ongoing fighting in the background, seemed to quash Russian claims on Tuesday that “the uncontrolled ride of the enemy has already been halted”, and that the Russian army had regained the initiative.
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