Putin accuses Ukraine of 'provocation' amid alleged border incursion
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Fighting has been taking place since Tuesday, with footage showing smoke rising in some areas.

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On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko said the Ukrainian army had established control over the Sudzha gas hub - a major gas facility involved in the transit of natural gas from Russia to the EU via Ukraine, which has continued despite the war. It is the only point of entry for Russian gas into the EU.

Although this has not been verified by the BBC, Mr Honcharenko’s comment was the first confirmation of an incursion into Russian territory by a Ukrainian official. Kyiv had previously not commented on reports of a cross-border attack.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    37·
    5 months ago

    This will be interesting. Either Putin goes back on his word and mobilizes more people into his special military operations to bolster the defenses. Or he seems weak for allowing Russia to be invaded.

    Good dilemma.

    • loutr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      Putin goes back on his word and mobilizes more people into his special military operations to bolster the defenses

      This would be easy to spin, it’s no longer a special operation it’s become a war of survival against the Ukrainian Nazis and their gay Jewish NATO allies, the very thing our lord and saviour Putin was trying to prevent with the special operation!

      • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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        6·
        5 months ago

        Sure it could be… but still… It would require moscovites to be drafted… and that would make the whole war more real for them. I’d imagine Ukraine would then spend some extra attention to these battalions, to drive the point home.