Very good overview of Ukraine's Kursk operation, risks vs rewards, current battlefield dynamics, and current strategy (or lack thereof), by @KofmanMichael & @RALee85. Some key parts that stuck out to me in screenshots below. https://foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukraines-gamble
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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19-year-old Russian assaultman survives from a squad
"The commander on the radio told us: whoever rolls back will be reset by their own people," tells the story of the young Russian assaultman Alexander Goncharov, who was the only one from his unit to survive and was captured by a drone under lime trees
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Ukraine at War: Kyiv Post News Roundup for September 2
Ukraine at War: Kyiv Post News Roundup for September 2 https://
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Ukraine Air Force downs 42/58 Russian air targets, including drones and missiles
Ukraine's Air Force says air defenses have shot down 42/58 air targets: 23 Shahed-131/136 drones launched from Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk; 20 downed, 3 "locationally lost," i.e., crashed. 16 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched from Bryansk, Voronezh, and Kursk
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Ukrainian National Guard destroys two Russian APCs and infantry
⚡️Full video of the 🇺🇦15th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Kara-Dag" destroying two 🇷🇺Russian armored personnel carriers and infantry pic.twitter.com/luhhANhqlh
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 2 septembre 2024Full video of the 15th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Kara-Dag" destroying two Russian armored personnel carriers and infantry
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Pologne et alliés doivent abattre missiles russes
Poland FM @sikorskiradek tells @FT
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Russian prisoner of war from Kursk region reported
As reported, another Russian prisoner of war from the Kursk region
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Extrême droite allemande victorieuse en élections régionales
Germany's far-right wins in state elex: "Voters were attracted to both the AfD and BSW by their opposition to the war in Ukraine. Both parties have heavily criticised German weapons supplies to Kyiv, as well as western sanctions against Russia, and called for negotiations to
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MP blocks excise tax increase
Earlier, MP Oleksii Honcharenko stated that he had submitted a resolution to the Verkhovna Rada to block the draft law on increasing excise taxes for a month. The lawmaker himself referred to the draft law as a "stupid decision by the authorities."
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Zelenskyy signs bill raising excise tax on fuel
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the bill raising the excise tax on fuel, which was to come into effect on September 1, into law, reads the card of draft law No. 11256-2 on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.