I continue to be disgusted that we didn't give Zelensky what he asked for at the beginning. War is business for the United States, but it's death and destruction to the countries under assault.
UPDATE 10:35 am:
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said his country’s forces are continuing to advance into Russian territory following their surprise offensive, as a Kyiv said it had launched a “major” drone attack on four Russian airbases.
Zelenskiy said Ukraine’s troops had advanced several kilometres in the largest attack on Russia since the second world war. Ukraine also claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-34 jet overnight in the Kursk region, where it said it had also captured 100 Russian prisoners.
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On Tuesday Zelenskiy had said Ukraine “controlled” 74 Russian settlements, although it was unclear whether or not that meant they were fully occupied by Ukrainian troops.
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“Now we have done the exact same thing – we have proven once again that we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals in any situation – capable of defending our interests and our independence,” [Zelenskiy said in his nightly address on Tuesday.]
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During the major cross-border incursion, which is entering its second week, Ukraine has attacked several border regions as Russia continues to struggle to respond despite diverting troops from fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region to counter the advance.
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The surprise offensive began on 6 August and has rattled the Kremlin amid estimates it could involve as many as 10,000 Ukrainian troops backed by armour and artillery.
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Ukrainian officials have said Kyiv has no plans to occupy Russian territory and that the objective is to prevent Russian missile fire into Ukraine.
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The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War thinktank suggested the incursion was unlikely to shift the dynamics of the war.
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