The Ukraine’s Cross-Border Attack Continues for Second Day in Russia’s Kursk Region

If the Ukraine could win in their own country, they would not need to invade Russia and try to murder innocent bystanders.

This is total desperation on the part of the hohols.

That said, Russia needs to crack down quickly.

The Guardian:

Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has continued into a second day, prompting Vladimir Putin to convene a meeting with his top defence and law enforcement officials.

A report from one Russia military blogger suggested Ukrainian forces had advanced northwards, possibly as far as nine miles (15km) from the border, along a highway north of the border village of Sverdlikovo, but this could not be verified.

Official and unofficial Russian sources reported that a force of several hundred soldiers had crossed a lightly defended part of the border on Tuesday morning. Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that the attack was being neutralised.

It had claimed Russian forces had repelled the raid on Tuesday, but acknowledged at lunchtime on Wednesday that fighting was ongoing. It said they had used air and missile strikes and artillery fire against the invaders, inflicting 260 casualties and knocking out 50 armoured vehicles.

What?

Seriously?

That is a lot of dudes and a lot of vehicles.

In televised remarks at the start of a meeting with members of the Russian government, Putin described the raid as a major provocation and said he would discuss it with top security officials later in the day.

The attack is most likely to be an attempt by Ukraine, whose defences are stretched on the eastern Donbas front, to divert some Russian forces to defend a part of the frontline that has been largely inactive since early 2022.

Critics in Ukraine, however, argue that such assaults serve no long-term military purpose. Anti-Kremlin Russian groups launched attacks from Ukraine into Belgorod and Kursk regions in March, but were repelled with no strategic gain.

Yes, they’ve been doing this for a while.

The fact that it has no military purpose means that it is just terrorism.

Winners don’t resort to terrorism. Terrorism is what you do when you don’t have any options left.

You would think that normal cops would be able to fight these guys off – but 50 armored vehicles is a lot.