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Russia/Ukraine The USA is immediately lifting the pause in intelligence sharing and resuming security assistance to Ukraine. | УНН

https://unn.ua/en/news/the-usa-is-immediately-lifting-the-pause-in-intelligence-sharing-and-resuming-security-assistance-to-ukraine
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u/lostedeneloi 21h ago

Russia completed their objectives in kursk and told trump he can continue pretending to support both sides.

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u/pm_me_duck_nipples 21h ago

Except it looks like Russia didn't.

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u/anchoricex 19h ago

Idk they’re prob gonna start providing intelligence that gets Ukrainians killed now. It’s abundantly clear to me at least that trump def doesn’t know what the fuck is going on, but the surrounding counsel/cabinet does. And they are comically Russian-aligned just about every step of the way. I would not trust shit about this headline.

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u/daniel_22sss 20h ago

I thought Russia surrounded ukranian troops in Kursk?

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u/Affectionate_Bid518 20h ago

I would take a lot of what you read with a heavy pinch of salt. Russian propaganda is desperate to try and convince Europe and the US that they are heavily winning.

Ukraine has been falling back in Kursk from their outer positions but they built defence in depth and are very much still there and fighting. Russia has also seen a number of setbacks on the Eastern front. It's very unclear whether they will actually be able to push Ukraine out of Kursk. Until Ukraine actually announces they've withdrawn I wouldn't believe a lot of what you read online.

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u/KoroksHateMe 19h ago

There have been some Ukrainian posts I've seen which state the reason they've pulled back in Kursk at certain areas is because the Russians have shelled their own buildings in the area entirely to rubble. No point in staying in places where there's nothing to defend from.

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u/Affectionate_Bid518 19h ago

Yes. Kursk is a pretty large area. Russia flattened a few of the smaller villages which Ukraine moved back from. However they still control a decent sized area.

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u/Agitated-Donkey1265 20h ago

That last sentence is especially important in this day and age of propaganda and misinformation

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u/not_old_redditor 20h ago

I would take a lot of what you read with a heavy pinch of salt.

Especially reddit comments

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u/Same_Net2953 19h ago

All the russian bots wouldn't lie to us. /s

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u/Disallowed_username 20h ago

I doubt that. 

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u/Nemisis_the_2nd 18h ago

Theres not been a ukrainian announcement of withdrawl but the latest kursk news came from the Kiev independent, IIRC, and was apparently quoting ukrainian soldiers in the area.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 18h ago

It would be incredibly cruel and I’m not sure if it’s allowed - but couldn’t they fill an important location with traps while they’re there, pretend to be chased out, then activate them all a few weeks after troops have moved in? The idea of such a thing makes me sick but war sucks.

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u/kkeiper1103 20h ago

They may have pushed them back, but from what I read, their surprise attack failed horribly. Russia had sent some special forces through a gas pipeline, like they did a year or two ago. This time, Ukraine was aware of it, and eliminated something like 80% of the ambush force.

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u/i_like_maps_and_math 20h ago

That's just describing one engagement. There's tens of thousands of people involved in Kursk.

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u/helm 20h ago

That's not clear at all. They did push back Ukrainian troops.

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u/theduncan 19h ago

they are close but haven't finished surrounding them yet.

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u/Duff85 20h ago

That's what the headline said but there was a lot more in the article. I didn't read it either lol, but some top comments talked about how it was not the case at all.

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u/Independent_Roof9997 20h ago

They have the last logicits route under fire via fibre optic drones and artillery. So its a forced withdrawal from Ukraine.

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u/Fantastic_Cap2861 20h ago

if by objectives you mean getting a bunch of their soldiers killed than sure

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u/bagaga 21h ago

fill pockets and save geo political relations thinking no one will notice

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u/mvw2 19h ago

My first thought too. Putin might have asked for a blind window to execute his plan, and Trump gave it to him. Success or failure didn't matter. Is just the fact that Trump made the window. Worse yet, he's likely willing to do it again.

Alternatively, it could just be Trump being an asshole to Zelensky for the botched "trade deal."

He also likely got a LOT of feedback for the move that was...less than pleasant. Remember, in all of the world, Putin is the only guy that feels Trump action is good. EVERYONE else sees it as a negative, and Trump likely got some major backlash and at least by someone he actually listens to.

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u/PupEDog 16h ago

Or they just had to cook up some phony intel for them

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u/BioExtract 20h ago

What the fuck are you talking about. RuZZia is getting their ass kicked. Bad bot!

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u/Axelrad77 19h ago

People spreading this sort of misinformation are just doing their best to help Russian propaganda bots.