Battles rage in Russia as the Kremlin struggles to repel surprise Ukraine incursion

[Wicked Blue]

Source: NBC

A convoy of burnt-out military trucks, some bearing the "Z" symbol of the Kremlin’s war and appearing to contain bodies, sits along the side of a highway.

The video, circulating on social media Friday and geolocated by NBC News, doesn’t show a beleaguered section of the front lines in eastern Ukraine. It is a village in Kursk, across the border in southern Russia.

For days now Vladimir Putin’s forces have struggled to put down an incursion into Russian territory by Ukrainian troops, after a surprise attack that threatened to upend the war’s status quo and open a new front in a daring challenge to the Kremlin.

The unprecedented assault entered its fourth day Friday with battles still raging and Moscow rushing reinforcements and bombing its own territory to try to contain the Ukrainian advance.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kursk-incursion-russia-reinforcements-ukraine-attack-putin-rcna165732

[Gore1FL]

1. While Ukraine is occupying the territory, perhaps they should hold a vote to see if the locals want to join Ukraine. nt

[AverageOldGuy]

2. "I love the smell of . . . "

. . . burning Russians in the morning!" Or something like that.

[GB_RN]

14. "Smells Like..."

Victory! 😂

[EX500rider]

3. Good, it's hard to win a war just reacting to the other side

[onetexan]

4. Is this russian occupied Ukrainian territory

Or Russian mainland proper?

[gab13by13]

5. Russian mainland,

So far Ukraine has captured 166 sq. miles, about the size of New Orleans.

Reports are it is moving on to Rylsk which has a nuclear power plant in town.

Putin is bombing his own village in Russia without knowing if the civilians have evacuated.

[CaptainTruth]

6. I've seen reports that the power plant supplies heavy industry...

...in the area, factories Russia needs to keep producing military equipment, so Ukraine's goal seems to be to take the plant & shut it down.

[Old Crank]

12. Also close to or part of a natural gas hub

Taking that over or destroying it could hurt Russian gas supplies.

[Bayard]

7. So, we can bomb the hell out of your country,

But you're not supposed to come over here! Yeah, got it.

[GB_RN]

9. Oh, Yeah.

Poutine had one of his foreign ministers bobble heads ask the international community to condemn the illegal invasion.

Not kidding.

[3Hotdogs]

8. As my (urban school) students say,

"Fuck 'em up!"

[Otterdaemmerung]

10. Make Russia Ukraine Again!

[malthaussen]

11. No place to bury them, probably.

The whole area around Kursk should be full of bodies from WW2. That's one of the eeriest things about this war, it being fought over battlefields that are totally familiar to anyone who studies the history of the Ostfront (although many of them are spelled differently now).

-- Mal

[Old Crank]

13. War just got real

for some Russians.