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Russia pulls 60,000 troops to counter Kursk incursion, Zelensky claims. Has pulled over 60,000 troops to Kursk Oblast to face Ukraine's ongoing incursion as of early September, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News published on Sept. 3.

"The idea and one of the goals of the Kursk Oblast (operation) was diverting Russian troops... to their territory," Zelensky said.. Today, I can say that they pulled over 60,000 troops there." This is a considerable growth from a figure previously presented by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, who said in late August that Russia diverted 30,000 troops to the area.

Allegedly seizing around a hundred Russian settlements and almost 1,300 square kilometers (500 square miles) of territory. Advance seems to have slowed down in comparison to operation's in early days. News Feed, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Kursk incursion, Kursk Oblast, War
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-pulle...ky-claims/

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Ukraine military chief says Kursk offensive work, but he admits Pokrovsk situation ‘most problematic,’ on Friday members of Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), provides military aid to Ukraine, meet in Germany.
Ahead of the meeting, the UK announced it would supply 650 lightweight multirole missile (LMM) systems to boost Ukraine’s air defence capabilities with first deliveries by the end of the year. “In recent days, NATO have seen tragic cost of Russia’s indiscriminate strikes on Poltava and Lviv,” UK Defence Secretary John Healey said. “These new UK-made missiles will support Ukraine to defend its people, infrastructure and territory from Putin’s brutal attacks.” Ukraine's drone attack on Moscow was one of the largest since the start of the war. Kyiv govt controls more than 1,000 square k/m of Kursk for far. How will Russia respond?, they!, Putin claim to put in 60,000 soldiers to take back Krusk.

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What red line?. Russia’s and NATO’s ‘red lines’ in Ukraine shifting?....Ukraine wants more Western weapons attacks on Russian territory.
Moscow and NATO have so-called red lines that, if breached, could potentially trigger an outright war between them.?. The conflict in Ukraine now involves many countries as Kyiv uses Western weapons in Russian territory. Yes...more and more fighting & killing confirm. So are these red lines shifting? (Is been broken a few time and is there a greater risk of a wider war?...what wider war?. Comfirm Ukraine will size more land in Russia Federation and Putin still will try to kill more folks, even world war not this year lehh.

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Russia strikes Poltava with ballistic missiles, killing at least 47, injuring over 200. Russian forces launched two ballistic missiles against city of Poltava on Sep. 3, killing at least 47 and injuring 206 people, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska said. An educational institution and a neighboring medical facility were hit in the attack, which also partially destroyed the building of the Military Institute of Communications, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. As of around 2 p.m. local time, the emergency services had rescued 25 people, 11 of whom were retrieved from the rubble, according to the ministry's statement. "We express our sincere condolences to the families of the victims. This tragedy is yet another evidence of the enemy's cunning, which stops at no crime to try to intimidate Ukrainians," the ministry said.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strik...-over-180/

Two ballistic missiles full on city of Poltava. Sept. 3, killing at least 47 and injuring 206 people

Russian launched two ballistic missiles on city of Poltava killing 47 & injuring 206 people, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska said. An educational institution & medical facility were hit partially destroyed a building of Military Institute of Communications,  time interval between alarm & arrival of the deadly missiles was so short that it caught people during an evacuation to bomb shelter," Defense Ministry said. Many folks remain trapped under rubble, as rescuers & medics continue to work at the scene.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/articl...in-war-aim

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What red line?. Russia’s and NATO’s ‘red lines’ in Ukraine shifting?....Ukraine wants more Western weapons attacks on Russian territory.
Moscow and NATO have so-called red lines that, if breached, could potentially trigger an outright war between them.?. The conflict in Ukraine now involves many countries as Kyiv uses Western weapons in Russian territory. Yes...more and more fighting & killing confirm. So are these red lines shifting? (Is been broken a few time and is there a greater risk of a wider war?...what wider war?. Comfirm Ukraine will size more land in Russia Federation and Putin still will try to kill more folks, even world war not this year lehh.

Russian troops continue intensified their offensive operations in vicinity of Vuhledar (Donetsk Oblast) & achieved minor tactical success by doing so, Russians try to increase pressure on Ukrainian military & create conditions for further successes on Pokrovsk.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

Details: Recently, Russian forces escalated their longstanding offensive operations aimed at eliminating broad Ukrainian salient positioned to the west and south-west of Donetsk, & advancing towards along the H-15 road (connecting Donetsk and the city of Zaporizhzhia).

On 4 Sept, a Ukrainian airborne brigade operating south-west of Donetsk released video footage showing Ukrainian forces successfully repelling a reinforced Russian mechanised assault, consisting of four tanks and 17 armoured vehicles, near Kostiantynivka. As Russian military leadership remains focused on the offensive against Pokrovsk, likely in the regardless of the outcome of secondary efforts, probably intended to fix Ukrainian forces in western part of Donetsk & prevent them from being redeployed to strengthen the defence of Pokrovsk. Russian forces are unlikely to maintain their momentum on Ukraine’s east for an extended period. The repeated surges in offensive op in Donetsk Oblast, coupled with ongoing pressure caused by Ukraine's op in Kursk Oblast, are likely to force Russian offensive to culminate sooner than its military command expects.

Apparently coordinated Russian offensive op from southern flank of Pokrovsk front western flank of the Ukrainian defence around Vuhledar likely aim to increase pressure on Ukrainian forces defending conditions for further trying gains by Russia's prioritised offensive effort on Pokrovsk front. Russian forces trying intensified offensive op elsewhere southwest and west of city of Donetsk & intensification of Russian offensive op near Vuhledar likely does not presage decreased their offensive tempo elsewhere in western Donetsk in the near-term.

Russian forces intensified offensive operations near Vuhledar shortly after starting to widen the southern flank of Pokrovsk salient, suggesting Russian forces is trying to conduct mutually reinforcing offensive op along southern flank of the Pokrovsk front.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/6/7473700/

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News Feed, Ukraine, War, Russia, Pokrovsk.
Artillerymen of 110th Marko Bezruchko Separate Mechanized Brigade who serve in the Pokrovsk sector operate an RM-70 multiple rocket launcher at a firing position in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian forces have managed to halt the advance of Russian troops in Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.The eastern front near Pokrovsk has been the scene of fierce fighting for several months and a focal point of Russia's offensive in Donetsk Oblast. City is an important logistical hub for Ukrainian forces. "Over the last 6-days, the enemy hasn’t advanced a single meter in the Pokrovsk direction. In other words, our strategy is working," Syrskyi said. CNN Sept. 5.

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Update from Ukraine war with Putin's soldiers fight, 07 Sept 2024 frontines on N.Y. secter near Pokrovsk sector...

https://youtu.be/wWsY_hpkpjU?si=jj1bOReL3zgBXIW6

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Ukraine’s Kursk incursion already has its own museum exhibit in Kyiv. The museum director crossed into Russia days after Ukrainian troops and brought back a haul of items to portray a “picture of the war.” 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/202...sk-museum/

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A source in the SBU told AFP that Kyiv was targeting "military airfields, ammunition depots and infrastructure facilities" in order to "create a demilitarised zone in the regions of Russia adjacent to Ukraine".

It called them all "legitimate targets". A large fire and several explosions were reported overnight in the Russian region of Voronezh, which borders Ukraine, prompting officials to evacuate locals living near the blaze. Russian anti-air defence systems "detected and neutralised a drone" early on Saturday morning over the western part of the region, under 150km from Ukraine, Voronezh

Updated: Ukrainian drones hit ammunition warehouse in Russia's Voronezh Oblast, source confirms. Soldatskoye lies around 70 kilometers (over 40 miles) south of Voronezh and over 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the Ukrainian border. Warehouse was actively used by Russia to supply materiel to (Russian forces) in Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-dr...-confirms/

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Maria Andreeva, wearing a headscarf, hugs her sister in Sumy, Ukraine after she was evacuated from Russian territory occupied by Kyiv. 

SUMY, Ukraine—After Ukrainian soldiers took over Maria Andreeva’s village in Russia’s Kursk region, her family received disturbing news. The retired farmworker had been executed by Ukrainian soldiers, a relative who fled the area told them—the kind of atrocity Russians have been warned to expect from the neighbor they invaded.

Then, Andreeva’s daughters, who live in Norway, saw a video had gone viral online: It was their mother, taking delivery of a care package including several bottles of water from Ukrainian soldiers. Daughters contacted the soldiers online & begged for help evacuating her from war’s latest flashpoint. Soldiers obliged, bringing her across the border into Ukraine. The
Russia’s Kursk, Ukraine Takes On a New Role: As Occupier. A woman’s evacuation from her home in Russia shows how Ukraine is trying to differentiate its occupation from Moscow’s. 

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Maria Andreeva, wearing a headscarf, hugs her sister in Sumy, Ukraine after she was evacuated from Russian territory occupied by Kyiv. 

SUMY, Ukraine—After Ukrainian soldiers took over Maria Andreeva’s village in Russia’s Kursk region, her family received disturbing news. The retired farmworker had been executed by Ukrainian soldiers, a relative who fled the area told them—the kind of atrocity Russians have been warned to expect from the neighbor they invaded.

Then, Andreeva’s daughters, who live in Norway, saw a video had gone viral online: It was their mother, taking delivery of a care package including several bottles of water from Ukrainian soldiers. Daughters contacted the soldiers online & begged for help evacuating her from war’s latest flashpoint. Soldiers obliged, bringing her across the border into Ukraine. The
Russia’s Kursk, Ukraine Takes On a New Role: As Occupier. A woman’s evacuation from her home in Russia shows how Ukraine is trying to differentiate its occupation from Moscow’s. 

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/in-russ...r-d8b77d95

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/articl...rsk-region

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/articl...rsk-region

Ukrainian-occupied Russia. Their mission on arrival in Sudzha, town been at centre of Ukraine’s dramatic push into Russia’s Kursk region, was an unusual one: to record latest episode of their long-running podcast series, dedicated to popularising Ukrainian history deal was agreed via Instagram who is serving in Ukrainian army. In exchange for drone Redka had bought proceeds from a recent standup tour, soldier agreed he, his friends would give pair a ride to Sudzha & back, on arrival in town, which had population of 5,000 b4 Ukraine’s incursion into Russia a mth ago, "Murza & Redka quickly set up equipment began recording. Redka, start of podcast, his..umm
amm ...his audible in his tone of voice. “Today we R-making a historical document. Well tell U about Ukrainian roots on this town of Sudzha.” The occupation of Sudzha has indeed been one of the most remarkable twists in 10 yrs of war between Russia & Ukraine began with annexation Crimea & establishment of proxy regimes eastern Donbas region in 2014. There, and in other parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia since the full-scale invasion in 2022, a key part of Russia’s narrative has been to erase places’ Ukrainian history and insist that they are all “historical Russian land”.

Now the reverse is happening in the small corner of Kursk region currently controlled by Kyiv. He told his listeners @length on Sudzha’s historically Ukrainian roots, expounding on role played in its founding by Ukrainian Cossack leader Herasim Kondratiev, stressing in early 20th century, 61% of Sudzha’s residents spoke Ukrainian. An enthusiastic tour guide & now a historian, Murza loves to talk: ask him a question about what’s happening today and he’ll launch into a long answer about this 17th century, using maps to back up his points, for him, this discourse is not so much about staking a modern-day Ukrainian claim to Sudzha as about showing up Russian claims to parts of Ukraine as absurd hypocritical.

“They always talk about Crimea or other places they say were added to Ukraine, but they never talk about this new places that were taken away,” by Russia. he said in an interview in Sumy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/articl...rsk-region

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Photo: Politico

[b]Mongolia, a country sandwiched between Russia and China, has failed to comply with an international arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin during his official visit. The country’s government attributes the move to energy dependence, which effectively prevents Mongolia from complying with its obligations to the International Criminal Court (ICC).[/b]

Dependence on energy resources

Mongolia imports 95% of its petroleum products and more than 20% of its electricity from Russia and China, according to a statement from a Mongolian government spokesman provided to POLITICO on Tuesday. This critical interdependence means that any radical action against one of its neighbors can have serious consequences for a country’s economy and the well-being of its citizens. In such a situation, Putin’s arrest could provoke a serious crisis in Mongolia.

“Mongolia has always followed a policy of neutrality in its diplomatic relations,” the government spokesman said, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a balance in relations with Russia and China.
https://timeukraineisrael.com/en/policy-...-are-tied/

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Some peculiarities of assistance from Canada for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Media said Canada is planning to supply Ukraine 80,840 CRV-7 rocket engines & 1,300 warheads next few mths, addition to 2,160 CRV-7 rocket engines that had been already delivered to Ukraine. Dept of National Defense of Canada plans to transfer 970 units of machine guns under C6 designation & 10,500 9mm pistols, also a number of decommissioned armored vehicles, 29 units of M113 armored personnel carriers & 64 Coyote LAV infantry fighting vehicles. 

Canada is ready to allocate $389 million, over the next 5 years to train Ukrainian pilots to use the F-16 aircraft, assumed contractors fm Top Aces pte military company, owns own fleet "demilitarized" F-16, could be involved in training, In case, Royal Canadian Air Force does not have its own F-16s, it is unlikely this country will limit itself to simply financing the necessary needs for training of Ukrainian pilots.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/how_can_o...11771.html

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Ukraine war latest: Russia claims capture of town near Pokrovsk, Kyiv says fighting ongoing in they.

War update: Sweden, Military aid, Latvia, Iran, Pokrovsk, Drones

latest news: Pokrovsk, Kyiv says fighting ongoing. Russia claims capture of town near Pokrovsk, fighting ongoing in the area Kyiv said

Sweden: Gripen jet spare parts in new $443 million military aid package for Ukraine???.

Latvia confirms Russian Shahed drone armed 
with explosive crashed on its territory

Iran denies sending ballistic missiles to Russia, Kremlin remains evasive

Ukraine reportedly downs Russian Orlan drone at 'record height' of 3.6 km
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-...-the-area/

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Ukraine Needs Both More Weapons and the Permission to Use Them. Ukraine has many disadvantages in defending itself against a much larger opponent. Restricting the use of long-range missiles shouldn’t be one of them.

9 September 2024. Although President Joe Biden’s administration has pledged “unwavering support” for Ukraine, it has been cautious to a fault in practice. The latest example: supplying the Ukrainians with sophisticated long-range missiles but prohibiting their most effective uses.

Since last year, West has been sending Ukraine British and French long-range missiles, as well as the more versatile US-supplied Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS. Such munitions have proved effective in hitting military facilities in Crimea and elsewhere in occupied Ukraine. Yet the Biden administration has vetoed their use inside Russia itself.

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The gut-wrenching loss of Ukraine F-16 chasing Iranian-made drones @low altitude proof positive Ukraine’s airforce becoming more aggressive & capable, but is a sober combat lesson for U.S. vs. China. Daily air battles against missiles & drones over Ukraine sky only a taste U.S. bases & allies could experience in event of war. This tell you. Almost certainly, pilot, identified as Col. Alexei "Moonfish" Mes, was very aggressive in defense his home land. Russia had launched attack Ukraine with 127 missiles and 109 one-way attack drones on Aug. 26.  Mes already taken out several, reported as 3 cruise missiles, a drone, expending 4 or more weapons from his jet. "The loss of a pilot is incredibly painful to bear, especially as he was among those who fought for Ukraine’s right to have F-16 aircraft," a former pilot Ukrainian Air Force, told New York Times on Sat  

Mes still had weapons available & several hundred rounds in F-16’s 20mm Gatling gun shooting Shahed 136 drones flying at about 115 mph in relatively slow & low, making them enticing, vulnerable targets for skilled fighter pilots.  But the risks go up for pilots, they continue to engage at lower altitudes to target fixation can overtake caution in intense moments, imagine pressure when missiles are heading for civilians & your countrymen. So tragic loss of F-16 is hard for Ukraine as shows. Russia / Putun who should be worried. Here’s why, with F-16s, Ukraine’s air becoming more aggressive & capable. Mes praised F-16’s sophisticated avionics in an interview. "F-16 is very maneuverable. It encourages you to pilot in an aggressive style," he told an interviewer.

The insider view from long Air Force experience is that crashes like this are often a marker of growing combat prowess across airforce, as top pilots push F-16 to its limits. U.S. & NATO are committed to air power for Ukraine, finally, past caring about Putin’s warnings about escalation. Note:
F-16 was a very capable jet, tuned up by U.S. elite 68th Electronic Warfare Sq.  Last mth, squadron reprogrammed electronic warfare subsystems for Ukraine’s F-16s to counter evolving Russian jamming and spoofing. Firing the commander galvanizes accountability, most professional air forces do it routinely, of course, it’s still shocking to me that dilatory decision-making by President Biden’s team delayed arrival of handful F-16s until Aug 2024. Now there’s no going back. Ultimately, Ukraine’s Air Force will have between 60-80 F-16s supplied via NATO who decided to ignore Putin’s rantings threats.

Ukraine can finally defeat Russia if armed with long range weapons: 
Providing jets is important to protect Ukraine from further escalation from Russia. Ukraine’s willingness to use & lose a F-16s in combat strengthens country’s defenses. Specific combat lessons from Ukraine will apply to future tactics. In just
1-mth of op, barely handful of F-16s have shown it latest tactics call to get in close to kill drones & missiles. The scenarios differ, U.S. & allies are getting a fair amount of tactical feedback from Ukraine. 
Senior U.S. officials said this mth, they did not believe F-16 was lost to "friendly fire" during melee. Where Ukraine’s airforce will investigate. Airmen don’t speculate b4 full investigation is complete, this is 1-mishap report that avidly followed by NATO airmen from chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown, himself a F-16 pilot, on down to every jet pilot from Finland to Turkey and beyond.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ukraines...ssia-china

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Russia strikes Poltava with ballistic missiles, killing at least 47, injuring over 200. Russian launched two ballistic missiles on city of Poltava on Sep. 3, killing at least 47 & injuring 206 people, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska said. An educational institution & a neighboring medical facility were hit, which partially destroyed building of the Military Institute of Communications, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"Time interval between alarm & arrival of deadly missiles was so short,it caught folks during an evacuation to bomb shelter," Defense Ministry said. Many people remain trapped under rubble, as rescuers & medics continue to work 24 hr at the scene. Around 2-pm. local time, emergency services had rescued 25 people, 11 were retrieved from rubble, ministry's says. "This tragedy is yet another evidence of enemy's cunning, who will not stops their crime to try to intimidate Ukrainians," the ministry said.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strik...-over-180/

Russian launched ballistic missiles against city of Poltava on Sep. 3, killing at least 47 injuring 206 people. Those were from Iran they are not hitting Israel, but hitting Ukraine, 2-hundred of those ballistic missiles just been delivery to Russia

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said Russia had received ballistic missiles from Iran and already use them in Ukraine within days. The White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, said: “Supply of Iranian missiles has maximum range of about 75 miles, allow Russia to use those arsenal to targets beyond frontline (Iranian) warheads for closer-range targets.”

Blinken set to arrive in Ukraine in show of support for Kyiv. The top U.S. diplomat, who is traveling to Ukraine alongside Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, said he will use his visit to hear directly from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and others what Kyiv's current goals in the war are and what Washington can do to help it achieve them.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bli...024-09-11/

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Wednesday, September 4, the negotiations between Ukraine’s Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov, and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, are planned in Berlin. Journalists were informed this by Ministry of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany,. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will receive his Ukrainian colleague Rustem Umerov on a visit to the ministry in Berlin," Among the topics to discuss are the latest developments in Ukraine, German-Ukrainian cooperation in the field of security and defense, and strengthening of Ukrainian air defense the press service said. 

A report earlier, Germany will provided €4 b for military aid to Ukraine next year. Refer to 2025.


Romanian F-16s Give Free Pass to Kremlin Kamikaze Drone in NATO Skies – ‘No Legal Way to Shoot’...Romanian F-16s Give Free Pass to Kremlin Kamikaze Drone in NATO Skies – ‘No Legal Way forF-16 to Shoot’.
Lawmakers are scheduled to debate national air defense law on Wednesday. Some say that if a Russian attack drone violates Romanian air space, the Air Force should be allowed to open fire.

Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 09-12-2024
LIVE: Iran Threatens 'Action' Over New Western Sanctions

Kremlin Warns of ‘Appropriate’ Response if US Lifts Ban on Missile Strikes....By Kyiv Post

UK Slaps Fresh Sanctions on Russian 'Shadow Fleet'...By AFP

FACT CHECK: Ukraine Says Kremlin Assaults on Pokrovsk Stopped Cold 6 Dayshttps://www.kyivpost.com/

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Russian soldiers killed and more running over their dead body....this is Putin's  style to tell his soldiers to do it again and again, it against their will to dead like this.
https://youtu.be/fXHKIAPTMt0?si=ngeVNsAZ8oCd98dE

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Russia claims to have recaptured 10 settlements in Kursk Oblast amid ongoing counterattack
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-claim...k-ongoing/

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had anticipated Moscow's counteroffensive in the Russian region of Kursk, his first comments on the pushback this week, more than a month after Ukraine's cross-border incursion.

Ukraine’s troops captured an enclave of western Russian territory in a surprise raid that began in early August, a move aimed at wresting the battlefield initiative from Russia including by diverting Moscow’s forces from the eastern front.

Its forces made rapid initial gains before stalling, while the situation around the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, which has been the focus of Russia’s main offensive. Russians have begun counteroffensive actions. It is going according to our Ukrainian plan,” Zelensky told a news conference in Kyiv with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/38913

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While waiting for a green light from Western countries to use their long-range weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine is relying on domestically produced drones, which are considerably cheaper than missiles and no less effective.

In recent months, Ukraine has increased the number of strikes using homemade drones against Russian critical infrastructure essential to powering Russia's war machine. Faced with attacks using dozens of drones at once, the Russian air defense proved to be overstretched and not always effective.

"Despite Russia's extensive air defense capabilities, the limitations to protecting all targets effectively," Mattias Eken, a defense and security expert at RAND Europe, told the Kyiv Independent. The objective is to demonstrate to the Russian populace that the state's defense capabilities are insufficient, highlighting vulnerabilities within Russia, Eken added.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-citi...e-attacks/

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had anticipated Moscow's counteroffensive in the Russian region of Kursk, his first comments on the pushback this week, a month after Ukraine's cross-border incursion. Its
troops captured an enclave on western Russian territory in a surprise raid began in early August, a move aimed at wresting battlefield initiative from Russia including by diverting Moscow’s forces from eastern front. Its forces rapid initial gains before stalling, situation around the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, been focus by Russia’s main offensive. They, the Russians begun counteroffensive actions. It is going according to our Ukrainian plan,” Zelensky told a news conference in Kyiv with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/38913

Russian Army Fell for the Trap Again in Kursk.
https://youtu.be/5tw5PbNgYOg?si=2pkiSgF3d0QAlQz5

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At the moment, Ukraine has to dip into its limited pool of long-range drones to strike targets. While these attacks are aimed at damaging Russia’s industrial and military infrastructure, Budanov said a key advantage of these strikes is their psychological effect. “I would emphasize our ability to deliver strikes deep inside the Russian Federation,” he said. “It has changed the outlook as it has had a serious effect on the social-psychological situation because, be4 that, the entire Russian population lived in the paradigm made them say: ‘No matter what, we are a very powerful country, we are the strongest in the world.’

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Ukrainian pleas to get this permission have so far fallen on deaf ears, especially in the United States, owing to fears that it might trigger an escalatory response from Moscow. As a consequence, Ukraine says, it has to fight a war with one hand tied behind its back, while Moscow can use long-range weapons, some of them foreign made, to attack targets across the country.

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Backed By Tanks And Covered By Glide-Bombing Fighter Jets, Ukrainian Troops Have Advanced Into Russia Along A New Axis

The town of Vesoloe is the locus of this new invasion. about 20 miles west of the 400-square-mile Ukrainian salient in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...-new-axis/

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Ukraine initially asked the United States to let it use long-range ATACMS missiles to hit Russian airfields, but now potential targets for Ukraine's long-range strikes include Russian military command centres, fuel and weapons depots and troop concentrations.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/14/7475084/