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''...Bars Kaskad, operational since October 2022, has drawn heavy criticism, with many accusing it of being a means for the elite to sidestep compulsory military service. Analysts argue that it allows members to maintain a façade of patriotism while keeping out of harm's way, bolstering their public image and future political ambitions without taking real risks...''

''...Bars Kaskad is a unit created for celebrities and officials who want to show they've gone to war. But in reality, they're sitting safely at the rear, drinking tea, collecting medals, and using their 'service' to advance their political careers...''

Sons of elites safe while ordinary Russians face frontlines

The use of ordinary Russians as expendable "cannon fodder" while the elite remain shielded from the risks of war underscores the deep inequalities in Russian society.
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Some of Russia's top officials issued threats to the West and said the response to Kyiv won't "be pretty" if Ukraine gets permission to begin long-range strikes with Western-supplied weapons.

"The decision has been made, the carte blanche and all indulgences have been given [to Kyiv], so we are ready for everything," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, according to Russian state-owned news agency, RIA news.

"And we will react in a way that will not be pretty," he added.

Deputy Chair of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, which Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said slowed Moscow's military advance on a different front, already justified the use of either nuclear or deadly non-nuclear weapons.

"And that would be it. A giant, grey, melted spot instead of 'the mother of Russian cities,'" he wrote on Telegram, the messaging service.


 
 

More than a month after Ukraine first invaded Russia's Kursk Oblast, Moscow's forces have mounted a counteroffensive to try and take back the hundreds of square miles they lost.

Just how effective it has been so far is not quite clear, but indications are that Russia is making a serious bid to kick Ukraine out.

The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) claims its "Units of the North" forces had reclaimed 10 settlements in two days in the area around Snagost, according to the BBC. That town is on the western flank of Ukraine's salient.

That is roughly in line with the dynamic control map produced by the Ukrainian DeepState open-source intelligence group. The map shows Russian forces have knifed through the salient, moving about six kilometers south from Korenevo to Snagost.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged that Russian forces have launched a "rapid" counterattack but "haven't achieved serious success," according to the Kyiv Independent.

"In the Kursk direction, the Russians have started their rapid offensive, and they want to use about 60,000-70,000 people there," Zelensky said, according to the publication. He also said the counteroffensive "is going in line with our Ukrainian plan," the BBC noted.

One Ukrainian officer told the BBC that the "fighting is very tough and the situation is not in our favor as of now." An indication of the ferocity of battle can be seen in the video below shot from the Russian perspective.


View: https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1834192817628893316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1834192817628893316%7Ctwgr%5Ee55524040c0d42cd868925c4f4f4b9e6b5b8ea11%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Frussias-kursk-counteroffensive-fully-underway

Russia's Kursk Counteroffensive Fully Underway

After more than a month, Russia has finally launched a major effort to kick Ukraine out of the Kursk region.
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