Kursk. Pokrovsk. Toretsk. New York. Siversk.
The stream is entirely dedicated to events at the front. The front has expanded, and a special military operation for demilitarization and denazification is also taking place these days on the territory of the Kursk People’s Republic, the so-called Kursk region of the Russian Federation, according to other sources.
But we will also talk about the situation on the entire front because this very quickfire episode of the war should not fade into the background the difficult situation completely and the heavy fighting that is going on in strategically important areas for Ukraine. These are Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Toretsk, New York, and Siversk, where extremely heavy fighting is taking place right now. Every day, including today, the enemy conducts massive assaults and shelling. So today we will speak primarily in the language of maps and facts.
First of all, the events in the Russian Federation. As you know, the denazification and demilitarization of Russian troops in the Kursk region near the town of Sudzha is underway. Let's look at the information that has already become known on social media, which my colleagues from the Deep State website, the Deep State telegram channel, in fact, the main source of verification of facts using maps and geolocation in this war, highly recommend to everyone. Please, let's take a look at what has become known.
The footage shows the surrender of Russian soldiers.
These are strikes on Russians, yes, these are shots of well-known Russian soldiers, a whole group surrendered.
This is today's footage, today it is footage from the checkpoint of the occupation Russian troops in Sudzha. We can see how five Ukrainian servicemen captured and escorted more than 30-40 Russian servicemen. According to Russian channels, at the Sudzha checkpoint, the entire personnel of the Russian border troops and the Russian Armed Forces, including about 40 prisoners, were captured without obtaining any assistance from the Russian command. These are mostly border guards, conscripts, the highly hyped up Russian special forces "Akhmat" of Kadyrov's tik-tok troops, which just a week ago had a high-profile event in Russia, a group of "Akhmat" soldiers shooting in the air and dancing lezginka in the city of Sudzha. There was a loud resonance in Russian social media, condemnation that this is how Caucasians behave at home in Sudzha. Well, as it turned out, when active operations began, there were no Caucasians there, and conscripts, Russian border guards, who were once again set up by Putin and Russian commanders, surrendered en masse in the first line. Also, among the interesting and important events of yesterday, August 6, was an attack on a Russian helicopter.
Right in the air, a helicopter, it's just a super masterful operation, the helicopter is flying, it's being chased by a Ukrainian FPV drone, as soon as the helicopter hovers to launch an attack, it's hit by a Ukrainian FPV drone. What is very interesting is that Russian TV channels confirmed that the helicopter was hit. According to Russian reports, the helicopter suffered damage to its rotor and made a forced landing. Now they say that it seems to be repairable, so we'll see. Of course, it is important to finish off such an important, fat target. I hope our military will be able to do it. But, in fact, August 6 is the first day when we see a manned, guided aircraft being hit by a drone in the air, confirmed on video. Especially a heavy one like the Mi-28N helicopter, which has an export price of about $20 million. We can see how important this target is and it was destroyed, shot down by an FPV drone. I hope that other FPV drones will be able to find a place for a forced landing and finish off this target. This is the kind of non-standard, modern, state-of-the-art air defense equipment that protects our troops.
Now let's look again at the map of Russian sources on the scale of the advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region.
According to the Russians, more than 11 settlements were abandoned by Russian troops, and there was a massive fleeing of Russian troops from the border area. Russians, residents of the Kursk People's Republic were left in the lurch by Putin's troops. And we see that the advance of 11 settlements in one day is quite significant. This is impressive. At the moment, Ukrainian troops have approached the town of Sudzha. The depth of our troops' advance is up to 15 kilometres. According to the data disseminated by the enemy, we have no official information. The advance is up to 15 kilometres, the frontline of active operations is up to 20 kilometres. That is a fairly large advance.
Regarding the nature of the hostilities. What positive things have been achieved and what is worth noting? A fairly significant number of our troops, our regular army, and our strike units have been deployed in this area. And, importantly, the Ukrainian command managed to achieve absolute operational surprise. At the tactical and operational level, the enemy did not understand what was happening at all, and was unable to expose the concentration of Ukrainian troops. And, moreover, we can see a fairly large number of different units, but the enemy was unable to expose all of this. This means that there are no Russian agents in these Ukrainian units. They failed to expose our means of communication or to spot the concentration of a large group of troops using their drones. This means that the manoeuvre was well-prepared and covert. We know that this is a big problem because both during such a large counter-offensive in the South of the year 2023 and during the recent actions in March 2024, when our units also supported Russian volunteers, the Russian Freedom Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps. In March 2024, during active operations on the territory of the Russian Federation, unfortunately, in March 2024, it was very clearly visible, the enemy managed to notice the concentration of our troops, to launch a series of strikes during the concentration before the start of active operations. And now this has been avoided. Although the border area is controlled by a large number of Russian drones, a surveillance system and video cameras were deployed, none of this helped the enemy. Obviously, our troops were concentrated very quickly, very suddenly, the maneuver was quick, and the enemy simply did not have time to react. This indicates a fairly high level of control, the ability to ensure the secrecy of our actions, and this is certainly a plus to this achievement of surprise. Thanks to this, we avoided significant losses and managed to advance far enough, which was not possible in March 2024. Back then, there was no concealment, which simply led to heavy fighting right on the state border line and significant losses on the very first day and even before the start of active operations. Now we see a different picture. The advance has been made over a large area, and indeed now, if at first the enemy tried not to react, and the Russian Ministry of Defense dispersed information that it was an action by a sabotage and reconnaissance group, there was no need to worry, and the Russian Ministry of Defense officially stated that the sabotage and reconnaissance group had been repelled by the Ukrainians and returned to the territory of Ukraine. Then, late at night, the Russian Defense Ministry, without refuting its official, I emphasize, information, then shamefully sanitized, corrected the text of the official message on its websites, on its official sources, and removed the phrase that the Ukrainian subversive reconnaissance group had returned to its territory. Now we can see that this is not a subversive group at all, it is quite a massive action.
Why were they possible on such a scale and to such a depth? Firstly, we really managed to achieve surprise and the enemy did not concentrate any forces there. The Russians did not deploy defences.
Secondly, some of our highly capable units are obviously deployed in this area, able to operate efficiently and effectively at the tactical level, well managed, with experienced commanders. We don't know which units at the moment.
Then, the third thing to note. Russian tactical reserves were not deployed in this area. And the enemy simply had no way to react and stop the offensive of our ground forces. That is, there were no combat-ready reserves. Those border guard units, the "Akhmat" special forces, and so on, all of them were not combat-ready enough. And our troops managed to use them, to create in some areas even a superiority in heavy equipment, weapons, if not in numbers, then in the quality of personnel. Obviously, our troops in this area have some support from air defense. We see a drone, we know that a Russian K-52 helicopter was also destroyed yesterday (August 6 - ed.). We know that our air defense forces are working in this direction, and this is a great deterrent to the enemy. Even if the aviation is not... We can't shoot down any Russian aircraft, but they can sense it, they detect our radar emissions for firing. And, of course, this is a significant deterrent to the enemy. Nevertheless, we can see from the reaction of the Russian command that the number of Russian drones is already concentrated in this direction and is increasing. Of course, no missiles will be enough to shoot down all the drones. This is a serious threat. We see how the Russians record the movement of our equipment and strike at them with all the forces they have. Even Iskander ballistic missiles are being used to strike at certain armored vehicles. In other words, the enemy is trying to use strategic, operational, and strategic weapons to strike individual tactical targets. Aviation is also being used on a massive scale, despite the fact that our own aircraft are also firing, and man-portable air defense systems have been launched from our side. Nevertheless, we see that the enemy is trying to use aviation as much as possible. Obviously, the number of drones, such as Lancets, reconnaissance drones, wings, FPV drones will be increasing next, the enemy will be pulling in next. During these two days, there was no video of the enemy using Mavic-type drones against our troops or using FPV drones. This indicates that the enemy has not yet deployed units equipped with tactical drones in this area in two days. In other words, general military units, units of attack drones, general military units. This means that the enemy has not yet had time to concentrate the necessary forces. But, according to our data, now, after such a resonance of information, of course, the enemy has already begun to redeploy reserves.
Now about the significance of this operation. The political and informational significance is obvious. It's obvious that we managed, our command, our intelligence, to find absolutely weak lines, a weak enemy front and strike at it, to achieve, of course, very important goals to which the enemy is now forced to respond with all the forces of its aviation, the main forces of its aviation in that direction. All the drones, everything they have now, will be deployed in that direction, of course. The strikes are now being carried out with all the missiles that Russia has in stock. But let's make an assessment. Will our troops be able to advance further? Obviously, in order to control more and more territory, we need more and more troops. So far, unfortunately, we cannot say that we have an advantage in numbers. Unfortunately, we don't. So, of course, we will not be able to advance indefinitely. And now we see that the frontline has not expanded today. I think this is not because the enemy managed to build a defense front very quickly. But because, of course, we simply cannot afford to send a large army there. This is obvious. Furthermore, I must say that such intensive actions in this area will require a significant use of our reserves. It is obvious that the combat-ready reserves, those Ukrainian soldiers who are fighting there now are motivated, trained and well-managed. And, of course, we should wish them success in this endeavor, wish them great luck. But also, supplying these troops requires both equipment and ammunition. It requires concentration, concentration of air defense assets. Because to gain a foothold there, to conduct combat operations for a long time, is very good from a political and informational point of view. It will certainly draw in some of Russia's reserves. But it means that we will be limited. And a significant number of those operational reserves that we have accumulated will have to fight hard battles of attrition on a new section of the front.
I want to say that at the first stage, as long as the enemy's losses are much higher than ours, perhaps such actions are justified. Perhaps, if it is, we do not know the intentions of the Ukrainian command, but if it is such a short-term raid, the purpose of which is to inflict losses, to have an information and psychological effect and then, without giving the enemy the opportunity to inflict large losses on us and without spending a lot of ammunition, to withdraw and strengthen the defense of the Sumy region from there, I think that this would, in principle, be a successful operation for us. But if this is another point where we are fighting a battle of attrition for a long time, I'm afraid that there will be questions about our ability to conduct further active defense operations in other strategic areas.
I would like to remind you that let's look at what is happening in other areas, and at the same time today we will look at the situation in the most painful area for all of us - the enemy's attack on Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk.
At this point, friends, the enemy managed to capture Ocheretyne. It happened at the end of April. Ocheretyne is a large settlement near Avdiivka. From that moment on, the enemy advanced on Myrnohrad from the Ocheretyne area in May, June and July, more than 12 kilometres. Now the enemy is in position, there is still a shaded area. It is just under 10 kilometres to Myrnohrad. This is a very dangerous situation. The Myrnohrad- Pokrovsk agglomeration is simply of key and operational importance for control. It is simply a communications point between Central Donbas, between Dobropillia-Kramatorsk-Sloviansk and between Southern Donbas, Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, so it is a very important communication hub that is very important.
To allow the enemy to approach there is to put this agglomeration at great risk of being lost. Unfortunately, this intense yellow color is where the enemy has advanced since May 1. We see that the enemy has managed to make very significant progress in this area. Unfortunately, friends, today the breakthrough of Russian troops and the attack on Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk cannot be stopped.
Moreover, the Russians have launched an offensive on New York, on Toretsk, and there are battles in these cities. They are trying to encircle, to capture this New York and Toretsk salient, to break through it. The situation is very difficult. In this area, friends, I hope that if we have reserves for operations in the Kursk region, we will hopefully see changes in these areas very soon. Here we see Toretsk. This is the enemy's advance over the past month. After the 24th Mechanized Brigade was replaced in the defense of Toretsk and the 41st Mechanized Brigade was deployed there, the very next day the enemy launched an offensive and broke through our defense line. In fact, the enemy managed to get a foothold on the outskirts of Toretsk.
So, friends, here is a map of Toretsk. It is a very dangerous situation. The enemy continues to advance in Toretsk, and we cannot stop them. We have several units of the 32nd Mechanized Brigade. In fact, we are in a semi-circumvention, the situation is really critical. And, unfortunately, it cannot be stabilized. Our soldiers are trying to do their best. Believe me, there are battles for every position, they are very difficult. But the enemy has the upper hand and continues to attack Toretsk. The situation is very dangerous. And there is an acute shortage of combat-ready reserves, ammunition and drones.
We understand what is lacking at the front. That's why the situation in Toretsk is of great concern. Several of our units are under the threat of complete encirclement. So far, no action has been taken there. This is information from the soldiers and commanders themselves. Now let's look at New York.
Yesterday, two enemy soldiers in the center of New York City planted a Russian flag on a school. The enemy widely shared this video. Then he failed to mention that this flag was shot down by our soldiers. And the two Russian assaultmen that got there were killed. By the way, this is a desperate tactic of the Russians now. One or two fighters take a Russian flag, plant it and show their presence at a particular point on video. Perhaps this is some kind of information psychological operations, some kind of reporting. For the most part, such flag-bearers are eliminated immediately after they demonstrate the flag. But the enemy is going for such information and psychological operations.
And there are also heavy battles in New York. Unfortunately, it is also not possible to stop the advance of Russian troops. The same problems, ammunition, cover, air defense. Cover from drones. A large number of Russian wings continue to work over Toretsk, New York, the area of Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk. In order to prevent our artillery from working, to detect our logistics, places where personnel are concentrated. And, unfortunately, heavy fighting continues there, heavy shelling is going on.
Let's also take a look at the situation in the Siversk direction.
There are also very heavy battles and attacks by Russian troops there. We see that the Russian advance is very dangerous. In fact, some of our positions are semi-encircled. We see deep salients that the Russian occupiers managed to drive into our defense. Attacks continue along the entire frontline, especially in Verkhnokamianske and Spirne. Unfortunately, I cannot say that the command there adequately assesses the situation. I do not know what this is due to. After the appointment of the new OTG commander, Colonel Ledovyi, I have not yet heard at least a neutral review of this commander from our soldiers and commanders, to be honest. It is very difficult to understand why adequate management measures are not being taken here and why there is no adequate assessment of the situation. We see that our troops have to fight very hard battles in the face of enemy superiority. Right now, the "Freedom" battalion is on the map here, in fact, in Spirne. The K-2 battalion of the 54th Mechanized Brigade is repelling very massive attacks north of Spirne.
How our soldiers are withstanding all this, it's just incredibly difficult. And here, too, there is an acute shortage of reserves, not enough ammunition, not enough drones, not enough cover from enemy drones The situation remains absolutely acute and critical, I emphasize, in this area as well. Therefore, friends, I want to say that the fact that we are discussing the successful actions of our troops in the Kursk region is a truly worthy example of an effective military raid. But I want to say that strategically, in key areas for Ukraine, key areas of defense where the main enemy strike groups are concentrated, the situation is very difficult, critical without exaggeration. There is an acute shortage of our well-organized combat-ready brigades that could become the core of defense and especially cover the strategically important Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk agglomeration. There is an acute shortage of ammunition, drones, and air defense systems. We need to focus our efforts there as well. Because when the enemy has an overall advantage, when a massive offensive continues, it is impossible to change it if we do not stabilize the defense, and it is impossible to conduct successful offensive operations for a long time. Because offensive operations, the battle that is going on now, is a battle of exchange, a battle of logistics, a battle of resources. Whoever depletes their resources more, whoever suffers more losses, whoever spends more ammunition, whoever can use combat-ready people in that other area, changes the battle in their favor. If we are unable to stop the enemy's advance in some parts of the frontline, especially in the Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk direction, and it continues to advance almost every day, at least 100-200 meters, but it continues, then, of course, this is a big key question for us. Are we able to stop the Russians with organized efforts? If we are not, then no matter how beautiful the raids are, unfortunately, the situation will change in our favor after a while. We already had experience with raids in March 2024, and we had experience with other operations. Unfortunately, the situation shows that when we lose military lines, the enemy improves its position. This happens because we do not concentrate our forces in one place, as the Russian command sometimes does. We need to stop and defeat the enemy's strike groups. I hope that the Ukrainian command, the office of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, understands the situation, the situation at the front, knows better than anyone else how much ammunition is now being supplied to the hot spots, how many reserves are coming in, what are the losses of our troops, how many drones are being supplied by the state, how many air defense systems, how many Russian wings we are shooting down. And having all this information, we will be able to adequately plan our actions, combat operations in the Kursk region. No matter what may be happening in the Kursk villages, we have Ukrainian cities where fighting is already underway, and the enemy is approaching Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk. The key for us is to hold on to our key cities. Because these cities are the communications point, defensive post. If we don't hold them, the enemy will be able to advance even faster. And this will require even more forces. We need solutions that will stabilize the frontline. I respect the fact that we want to achieve the initiative in the information and political sphere. But the experience of our entire war and the entire world military history shows that the information and political effect alone does not allow you to win a war if there is no base, no foundation under it. The foundation must be an effective organization of combat operations. If Ukraine moves to strategic defense, and we haven't, we still have encounter battles, if Ukraine moves to strategic defense, reliably stops the Russian offensive, defeats the Russian strike groups, then any raids, any offensive operations on our part will strengthen us. They will have an even greater political information effect. Because the main thing in this war is that the huge Russia is not able to break down or break through the Ukrainian defense, is not able to force the Ukrainian soldiers to retreat, is not able to destroy the Ukrainian defense capability. This is what the war is about.
The main point is, let's look at the war in Korea, which lasted from 1950 to 1953. The main thing that stopped the war was the inability to break through the front, either in one direction or the other. The inability to break through the front without huge losses. Yes, in general, it was possible to attack, but at a cost. So until the cost of fighting, the cost of these attacks by Russian small assault groups is so high that they cannot advance any further, that they are being killed more than they are able to send to attack, until this happens, unfortunately, the Russian offensive will not stop. We can slow it down, but we cannot stop it. Without strategic defense, a strategic offensive is impossible. This is not my opinion. This is what all generals say in all the memoirs of any general over the past few hundred years. Well, it is impossible. If we don't stop the enemy somewhere, if we can't stop his advance, then constantly being in action, in an encounter battle, is not an option. In order to prevail, you have to have more resources. Who has more resources now? Therefore, I have respect for all the actions of Ukrainian soldiers. I wish them success in their offensive operations in the Kursk region. I would like to recognize the successful planning and achievement of the surprise by the Ukrainian command. I hope that this operation and other operations will be assessed without euphoria, adequately, pragmatically. And of course, we have to focus on the areas where we have the biggest problems. Spending, grinding off, consuming Russian resources, eliminating them. Where it is easiest to kill the enemy. Where they don't need to be burned out of their strongholds, where they can be reached. And where they themselves are openly moving in small groups and can be easily defeated by artillery, mortars, drones. It is much easier when they lay themselves open to attack. So I hope that the situation will be adequately assessed. Adequate decisions will be made. And we will not get involved in the exchange of resources, in the exchange of people, first of all. Where we do not have enough people. And we will fight effectively where our priorities and national interests are, first and foremost. The interests of our defense.
Answers to questions
What's going on in the Kharkiv direction, please tell.
In the Kharkiv direction, our troops stopped the Russian offensive. Heavy fighting and positional battles are taking place there. The enemy is not able to push through our defense there, despite the fact that the Kharkiv direction is the main direction for the enemy, where Russian aviation is most active. They are launching massive strikes against our troops, using artillery, especially aviation. But the situation there is stable. Kharkiv is not in danger at the moment. Not only for the present but also for the near future. Our soldiers, the 13th Brigade of the National Guard, the 92nd Mechanized Brigade, and some other units attached to them in the area, are reliably controlling the direction of Lyptsi. There is no threat to the village of Lyptsi and Kharkiv. Our front is stable and reliable there, which is important to note. Heavy fighting continues in the area of Vovchansk, a little further east. Sometimes fresh batches of Russian infantry come in and are driven out. There are heavy contact battles, the city is being demolished almost to the ground by Russian aircraft and artillery. However, the enemy is not able to make any significant progress there, and part of Vovchansk is still defended by Ukrainian soldiers.
Yurii, is there a chance that we will finally switch to a divisional staffing structure?
I don't know, it's hard to say, the third year has passed and it is already obvious to every commander at the front at all levels that this current structure of the OTG-OSGT (Operational-Tactical Group - Operational-Strategic Group of Troops - ed. note) is pointless and simply harmful. Everyone complains, no one likes it. It is unclear when it will be reformed into a normal, civilized divisional corps structure, which is accepted throughout the world. I don't know. I hope that Oleksandr Syrskyi will pay attention to this real problem. Because bad management, for example, at the level of the Luhansk OTG, bad management by Colonel Ledovyi, who, in my opinion, is just waiting for someone to write on Facebook or express to him personally what they think of him and his methods in an even more rude way than General Sodol. These methods, these OTGs, these pieces of paper need to be put to an end. We need responsibility. The OTG commander should not be just a desk clerk who runs around and babbles to himself, and threatens brigade and battalion commanders with some papers, writes them some unrealistic tasks. We need commanders who are responsible for the defense lines together with the battalion commanders and brigade commanders, and not just some kind of desk clerk who constantly threatens everyone with a criminal case, an internal investigation, and some kind of disciplinary action. How do you explain this? It looks like a kind of professional incompetence, to be honest. In this regard, in terms of organization, our army is very poorly organized, unfortunately. This is a big problem that has not been solved yet. Nobody knows when it will be solved, because nobody talks about it.
Yurii, what do you think about this? Does the US want to ask Kyiv for clarification on the events in the Kursk region?
Friends, well, why not? I think that America has the right to invite, to express its concern, to call on all parties to peacefully resolve the war, to stop the fighting. I think this is a normal, correct step.
Perhaps, is this offensive connected to the peace summit in November? And is the idea to exchange parts of the Kursk region for Zaporizhzhia and Kherson?
Friends, there is so much talk about peace, about some combinations. And I want to tell you, all the people who talk about some kind of peace, about elections, about some kind of political combinations, negotiations. Dear friends, until the front line is stabilized, there is no prospect of saying that there will be peace in November. War means going beyond the political and legal limits. To go beyond these limits, we need decisions. Either a decision that we recognize or lose there, that we give up something. Or the decision that we show the enemy that the war is much more expensive than it can bear. In other words, we kill far more soldiers than they can bring to the assault. This is the most profitable option for us. So let's not talk about the impossible, about some combinations that have nothing to do with reality, as long as we depend on Russia in this matter. Reality is the front, the war. And any peace, achievement of this peace, saving the lives of Ukrainian soldiers depends on securing the front, on how effectively we destroy the occupiers. This is the only reality that exists in politics now. Everything else is a theory. In your opinion, how realistic is it to gain a foothold in the Kursk region? Is it possible to make such a breakthrough towards Bryansk? Dear friends, everything is real in war. It is possible to gain a foothold in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, to reach Moscow and to some point, even Magadan. There is only one question. Whether this plan is provided with the necessary number of reserves, fresh combat-ready brigades, ammunition, air defense equipment, drones, and draft of reinforcements with qualified personnel from training centers. To be able to implement these plans. Yes, in principle, it would be nice to go to the borders of 1991, liberate Donbas, Crimea, liberate other historical, Ukrainian regions. This would all be good. Transnistria should be liberated from occupation, by the way. But with what resources? The question is about resources. War is about logistics. Every advance, every day of intense fighting, holding the front is a certain expense. It is a certain consumption of shells, mines, missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, drones, FPV drones, reconnaissance mavics, heavy drones, octocopters, motor vehicles, armored vehicles, tanks, armored personnel carriers, ammunition of all kinds, shells. But above all, people, because people are lost in combat. Unfortunately, someone dies as a hero, someone is sometimes even captured, someone is wounded, contused, someone is traumatized, someone needs a leave. These people need to be rehabilitated, new people need to be given, and rotations need to be carried out. Otherwise, there will be no miracle. War is logistics, it is not an act of heroism. It is logic, it is an administrative process, first and foremost. Logistics, logistics, and logistics, as the famous American naval commander Admiral Ernest King used to say. What is war? Therefore, if we are ready and we have accumulated resources that outnumber the enemy and allow us to grind down his striking force in any offensive defense operation, to gain a technological, qualitative advantage, okay, it is possible. Everything is possible. But if there are no resources, or they are not concentrated where they are needed, then no miracle will happen. What will happen is what we see on those maps, where the enemy has now captured the city of Krasnohorivka over the summer, entered and is fighting in New York, is fighting on the outskirts of Toretsk, has practically entered houses in the country, is fighting on the near outskirts of Myrnohrad-Pokrovsk. This is the reality. It is fighting and has captured part of Chasiv Yar. This is the reality. And this reality needs to be resolved. A miracle will not happen, miracles do not happen in life, and even more so in war. War is a technological process, a struggle of systems. The army and defense forces are organized systems. The system that is better organized, more flexible, that develops and moves more quickly and efficiently, makes adequate competent decisions, wins. It's not just the numbers that win, it's the quality that wins. But quality without numbers will not work a miracle either. That is why, friends, I look at the actions in the Kursk region with great respect. Once again, I see, and the whole world sees, that Ukrainian units, even after three years of high-intensity fighting, maintain their combat capability. And at any point where we can concentrate our forces, choose the right place and time, we are able to break any resistance against Russian forces. But, friends, this is good news, this is the right news. But, friends, the main events are still happening in Donbas. Let us clearly realize this. And until we have a stable defense in Donbas, we cannot say that we can stop Russia, we can force Russia to negotiate favorable terms for us. First, Ukraine must move to strategic defense not in words but in deeds. And these should not be just words, not just decrees, of which there are already enough, a large number have been issued. These must be actions, decisions, deeds, specific defense lines, properly constructed, masked, tied to the terrain, providing protection for infantry. Only then will a miracle happen. High-quality organized troops, drones first and foremost, drones, and more drones. Drones can kill any number of Russian infantrymen, reduce the advantage of the Russians, neutralize, destroy any advantage in numbers that the enemy has. We have to develop technology, logistics, resource management, and human resources management first and foremost. Then we will win. Each of us depends on it. And for this reason, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, who cannot watch my stream now, are fighting, defending our country. And today, once again, I believe that our army, our soldiers, are truly the force that can win. Today we see this happening in the Kursk region. But in order to make this a reality, in order to melt our potential, talents, and motivation into victory, we need systematic actions from the top. I hope that, thanks to public opinion and your support, we will achieve this.
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