“THE WAR HAS COME TO US”
Ukraine’s offensive into the Kursk area appeared to catch Russia off guard.
Influential Russian army bloggers have blasted military leaders for failing to identify or quash the incursion.
Senior Ukrainian officers haven’t commented though Zelenskyy alluded to the assault on Thursday.
“Everybody can see that the Ukraine military is aware of methods to shock and is aware of methods to obtain outcomes,” he stated.
Moscow has not introduced detailed data on the extent of the advance.
It stated on Friday it had struck Ukrainian positions on the western fringe of Sudzha, a city round 8km from the border that gave the impression to be the main focus of Kyiv’s offensive.
A number of Russian media shared a video purporting to point out Sudzha residents interesting to President Vladimir Putin for assist, warning that many had been unable to evacuate.
“In a number of hours our city was become ruins … Our family members are left behind, we will not name them, there isn’t a communication. Please assist us get our land again,” one resident stated within the video.
1000’s have been evacuated from the border area, with Russia placing on an additional practice to Moscow from the regional capital, Kursk.
At a practice station in Moscow, AFP journalists noticed households disembarking with kids.
“The battle has come to us, so all of the family members have gone to Moscow,” AFP heard a girl along with her younger daughter saying on the station.
