All right, Alexander, let's talk about Kersk and everything that has happened in Kersk over the last week.

The very quick collapse of the Ukraine military, Putin's trip to Kersk, being briefed by Yerazimov,

Putin talking about the Ukraine soldiers who have been captured in Kursk and their fate,

under Russian law and international law, talking about mercenaries as well.

You may want to talk about that, the Geneva Conventions and whether they apply to mercenaries

or not.

Putin said a lot, actually, on this topic. But we have the collapse in Kursk.

We have Suja now, which is pretty much under full control of the Russian military. There

might be some pockets in Sujia or outside Sujah where you still have some fighting or some

Ukraine military. And you have the

retreat of Ukraine, which according to Sersky, the commander in Ukraine, is a very orderly

and well organized retreat, which it is not. And then we can discuss Sumi as well. I think

Sumi is interesting because Russia does

have a foothold now in Sumi, and we do have news that the Ukraine government has announced

evacuations in many villages in Sumi. So they're obviously very worried. Anyway, let's start

with Kursk and Putin and everything that he said and your thoughts.

Well, I think the first thing to say is to talk about the military operation.

This is one of the best executed military operations that the Russians have conducted over the course of this war.

And it tells you an awful lot.

It tells you that the Russian military

is now achieving very, very high levels of proficiency. I mean, they've obviously been

learning an awful lot about how war this kind of war is conducted. They're able to coordinate

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