Russia launches counter-offensive, recaptures part of Kursk region โ€ข FRANCE 24 English

Russia on Thursday claimed to have recaptured a swath of territory in its western Kursk region, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky conceded Moscow’s troops were mounting a counter-offensive. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West that letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO “at war” with Russia. FRANCE24’s Nick Rushworth reports.
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50 comments
  1. Zelensky sign a cease-fire, stop these shenanigans, and work for a peace treaty! Acting as a puppet of the US WAR INDUSTRY will lead to destruction only. Look at how the US left the Middle East, in shambles! We do not want this for Europe. I don't want my taxes to feed the pockets of the warfare machine.

  2. The Kursk incursion was designed simply for political consumption in the West rather than as a legitimate attempt to turn the tables in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, sacrificing valuable troops and equipment in its struggle to control a tiny patch of Russian territory. Ukraine has often taken a very different approach, such as during 2023โ€™s failed counteroffensive which was followed by eight months of hype in Western media. The country released โ€œmovie-quality trailers,โ€ attempting to build excitement for the operation in the Western press.

    A series of Russian military strikes destroyed targets in the town of Konotop in the border Sumy region. The local authorities complained that the situation was critical after the strikes destroyed an energy facility. The local Konotop-300 substation probably came under attack. Water and electricity supplies were cut off in the town. According to local reports, the destroyed targets also included facilities used for accommodation of Ukrainian servicemen. The town of Konotop is an important logistics hub used by the AFU for transfer of manpower and military equipment to the Russian border and to the Kursk region.

    Ukraine is struggling โ€œto accommodate the almost constant stream of casualtiesโ€ from the front line of its conflict with Russia, a CNN report on so-called hospital trains operated by Kyiv has claimed. There are reportedly several specialized trains, which CNN described in on Thursday as having highly classified status and at risk of being targeted by Russia. The train's onboard director featured in the report claimed to the network that an ICU unit is part of the carriage layout and that โ€œwe can do almost everything here.โ€ He later clarified that medics on board can only do minor operations to stop bleeding and canโ€™t even call outside consultants.

    There was a first wave of mobilization, second wave of mobilization. Ukraine have reduced the age limit for mobilization. Every day they lose 28 square kilometers on average. But the most important thing is that they lose up to 2,000 people every day.

  3. More illusion sanctions from rainbow gangster. Then Begging and crying from Elensky for the 100 times because They are winning 3..2..1 ๐Ÿ˜‚

  4. Now you legitimate Russia to use nuclear tactical weapons itโ€™s the direct conflict against Russia.. now we know you started the World War III.. but donโ€™t gonna win .. we all past away itโ€™s impossible a nuclear country lose a war

  5. Zelensky's Ukrainian plan was to kill as many Ukrainians as possible because they killed his ancestors in Babyn Yar. So everything is going well on that plan.

  6. It was an excursion actually. Everybody but Ukraine delusional fans believed they could stand long time in russian territory, they have lost almost all their gains now with a heavy cost of thousands of men and equipment rhey could not afford to lose

  7. Slava Ukrainians for sacrificing your brothers in this useless ambitious evil plan by the west, and slava Ukraine president for causing instability in the world by facilitating global sanctions through Russia, yet Russia is not feeling it hard, but other countries.. Slava Ukrainians for electing a comedian for your president ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

  8. Russia is bluffing, no way it can hit a NATO country and it's nukes are nonsense, it has no guts to use them. Western has been slowly adopting and going beyond it's red lines but what has Russia done. Just words

  9. Et vous croyez vaincre la Grande Russie????la Russie est Invincible.Zelenski,il est temps pour nรฉgocier.Tu ร  vendu Ukraine pour aux U.S.A,Ukrainne est sans vrai prรฉsident.Quel gรขchis….Gloire a Armee Russe et president Putin.

  10. Well why he is not reminded that he is the one barking international law and his arrest warrant because of that !!
    Bandit still threatened western society and says that will do sabotage!!!
    Well he is admitting that itโ€™s what he does and has being doing for long time and I just donโ€™t understand how you didnโ€™t recognise that and let that go so far??? Olympic Games sabotage and all those Islam radicals are part of his sabotage and those fires in European facilities!!!
    You have choice to restore law and order in Europe and take control in your hands or you going to face more sabotage because many Russian people are government zombies and they will do what they be told to do and you going to have more problems to detect them because they look European and they love lifestyle of western society but they jealousy of your success is very deep forces of hate!!! Because they brainwashed by their government for not able to compete with western society!!!
    Itโ€™s mentality of Russia people zombies of Russia.

  11. Have a look at the old Putin propaganda footage, what a joke, but Russian bots donโ€™t have a brain cell between them ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅœ

  12. Soon it'll be 3 years of special military operation and now Ukraine will be able to atrack with no restrictions. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of tons of oil and gas are burning in Russia. Will Putin need another 2.5 years to accomplish the goals of his Military Special Operation, or will he have a stroke in the meantime?

  13. Those settlements are mostly flat wide open rural lands but territorial gains are gains all the same UA troops better get a handle on the situation before the RF starts fully deploying all assets available

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