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August 20, 2024

Ukraine Continues Incursion into Russia, Calls Out "Red Lines" in War as a "Bluff"
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Ukraine has ordered families to evacuate Russia's eastern city of
Pokrovsk as Ukrainian forces continue to advance in Russia's Kursk
region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday Ukrainian
attacks in the region showed Moscow's threats of retaliation were a
"bluff."

President Volodymyr Zelensky: "We are now experiencing an extremely
important ideological shift. Namely, the entire naive, illusory concept
of so-called red lines regarding Russia, which dominated the assessment
of the war by some of our partners, has crumbled these days somewhere
near Sudzha. … Russian military bases and Russian military airfields,
Russian logistics and other military facilities, whose existence allows
Putin to avoid seeking peace, are entirely legitimate targets for our
defense forces."



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