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Well, the drama of the Kersk invasion continues, with Ukraine continuing its operations, albeit at a reduced tempo, and no sign yet of a

coordinated counterattack from the Russians. Ukrainian military say that the speed of Ukrainian

advances in Kursk-Oblask has slowed due to the increasing Russian resistance in the direction of Kersk's

city. Russian mill bloggers claim that Russian forces are gradually stabilizing the front

line in Kersk or Blask and that unspecified Russian reinforcements are arriving from

unspecified areas and are establishing communications with Russian units already in the area.

There are also reports, I should say, that the Russians are digging trenches a good 20 kilometres

beyond the furthest point of the Ukrainian advance. So they are clearly rattled and fear more advances.

But today we're going to let others do most of the talking. We're going to hand over most of the

show to Ascol Cruzelnitsky and Julius Strauss, old friends of the podcast, whose reports from

the front listeners will have enjoyed in the past.

Well, it's great to have the dynamic duo on board today.

They've got boots on the ground.

They're down in the Sumi region on the border with Russia, where, of course, Ukraine daunched

its shock and or attacked 10 days ago as we speak.

Guys, welcome back to this show.

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