‘Why Did Our State Allow This’: Russians in Border Region Slam Officials’ Inaction as Ukrainian Forces Attack

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
attack appears larger in scale and more prepared than previous efforts.Local officials reported at least five people killed and 24 injured
regional governor said Wednesday that the situation was "under control," adding that President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the attack
evacuate.However, a Moscow Times reporter saw residents of border areas in the Kursk region accusing officials of not doing enough to help
the attack, Russian pro-war bloggers slammed the Defense Ministry for its apparent negligence, saying that it failed to prepare for such
Tuesday showed what appeared to be Russian warplanes flying over the Kursk region at low altitudes to repel the attack.Russia's Defense
independently verified
captured the Sudzha gas metering station, which is used as a gas transit to Europe through Ukraine, the pro-war Telegram channel Rybar
for the incursion, the most serious in months.Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak alluded to the attacks on social media without
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