Ukraine says Russia has begun a counteroffensive in the Kursk border region • FRANCE 24 English

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1. FYI Zalensky is not the President of Ukraine, his term of office ended months ago.
   Sadly for him Russia is not only running amok in the Dombas but are eliminating the troops that invaded Kursk.
   It has been a debacle no matter how they spin it.

2. Funny how whole Ukrainian government is long expired and basically unelected for many months. Hanging on a stipulation that emergency situation is declared permanently – without formal declaration of war [on Russia]. Nobody bothers with that because then you actually have to read the constitution!

3. That was a mouthful of nonsense

4. LOL. Started three days ago and just now showing up in Western news. I swear CNN/BBC/SKY/FRANCE24/DW so fuccing pathetic with trying to keep the "approved narrative" intact, the war will end on a Monday but these mouthpiece outlets won't report it until Friday….."

5. What they archived exactly?? Wich brigade Russia did moved in donbas

6. Putin and Russia are finished. More Russian lies are not enough to sustain anyone.

7. He's talking rubbish.
   He thinks we're all stupid.

8. Liberated, not recaptured.

9. Too optimistic

10. He's not talking TOTAL bollocks, he's BABBLING TOTAL bollocks !! The 'reserves' have come from within Russia NOT from around Pokrovsk.

11. Didn't Ukraine won in kursk

12. confirmation of Russian claims? not so far ….

13. What a complete psychotic break from reality.

14. rob didn't spin that very well.

15. It's difficult to believe anything Russia says, I'll wait for confirmation from sources other than Russia.

16. You have to take another commentator, he is rumbling. Slava Ukraine

17. Begun they been taking ground non stop. what rock this news channel living under

18. We know that about a week now, why’s Ukraine just saying it now and I am sure France 24 knew it too😂

19. when propaganda doesn't work anymore–these people are a laughing stock–shameless!

20. No Russian troops have been pulled from the main fronts. These troops came from WITHIN Russia

21. Nato is getting beaten up 😂

22. Ukraine is struggling “to accommodate the almost constant stream of casualties” 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 “we can do almost everything here.” He later clarified that medics on board can only do minor operations to stop bleeding and can’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.

    The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not stop precision strikes in Ukrainian rear, destroying infrastructure facilities at military airfields, energy facilities, warehouses that support the operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the frontlines.

    On the night of September 12, Russian forces launched new wave of strikes throughout Ukraine. More than 60 Russian kamikaze UAVs targeted Ukrainian rear regions. Explosions thundered in the Kiev, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and other regions.

    Russian drones struck several airfields of the Ukrainian Air Force. They included the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, Konotop in the Sumy region, Nezhin in the Chernihiv region, and reportedly the airfield in Krivy Rih in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

    Large fire broke out in the Khmelnitsky region as a result of Russian drone strikes at a large warehouse.

    Russian drones and missiles are pounding the Ukrainian military in the tactical rear in the eastern war-torn regions.

    Another precision strike last night destroyed a hospital used by the AFU in the town of Mirnograd (Dimitrov).

    A series of 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.

    According to reports from the frontlines, Russian heavy bombs pounded Ukrainian military positions in the east of the Kharkiv region. Massive attack was reported near the village of Kolesnikovka located on the eastern coast of the Oskol water reservoir. Earlier, the Ukrainian military command reportedly sent several units of the 3rd Brigade to the area of the settlement, preparing for counterattacks in the Kupyansk directions.

    Russian drone strikes continued during the day. More destroyed targets are likely to be revealed.

    On the other hand, the AFU continued attempts to attack Russian rear facilities with drones. Ukrainian attempts again led to no results.

23. Fake

24. zis little comedian can't outsmart the monster putin

25. 😂😂😂

26. Do all these guests or experts who appear on tv wait outside in queue on the streets to be invited?

27. 😂😂

28. but i thought this was ukraines moment of glory. arent they supposed to be outside of moscow by now? i thought the russians were demoralized and running out of shovels…

29. Unsurprisingly, the reporter didn't use his brain to process the information, and swallowed Zelensky's lines, claiming that the Kersh operation is to draw Russia troops away from Donetsk. On the ground, it is contrary to Zellensky's master plan. Russia keeps taking more land in Ukraine, and is now making Ukraine advancing in the wrong direction.

    It is clear from the moment the master tactician deployed his "Victory Plan" than he operation in Kersk is unsustainable. It is but a show case to persuade Uncle Joe to dump more money and weapons for a plan riddled with futility. Zelensky is a Show Pony.

30. What do you think, what makes sense to you as an analytical news reporter!!!

    Zelensky said this or Zelensky said that will not wash forever, will it!!! Hopeless propagandist!!!! 😢😢😢

31. Old man talking rubbish. Keep the lie going until the last Ukraine.

32. Yup. And the Ukrainians are being routed en mass

33. please, bring people that understand what is happening? this old man is talking trash

34. Stupid , really think that we’ll believe that? That is why they’are losing, they need neuronas and there’s none