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SUMY, Ukraine—As Ukrainian tanks and infantry poured over the Russian border last week in a shock turn of the war, one advancing serviceman revelled in a key Russian failing.
Moscow has dispatched reinforcements to threatened frontier territories and evacuated tens of thousands of residents. “Russia assumed that since it had initiative elsewhere, Ukraine wouldn’t dare to do things we’ve seen,” he said, referring to months of incremental Russian advances along the front. In a leafy clearing where Ukrainian tank crews were preparing to deploy to Kursk, a commander described the operation as a morale boost for an army suffering manpower and weapons shortages.
Ruzhyk, 21, in a black T-shirt and camouflaged trousers, echoed the sentiment that the Ukrainian push had placed Moscow in a bind. Several soldiers, who spoke to AFP journalists near Ukrainian villages on the border with Kursk on the condition of anonymity, said Russia was dropping a huge number of devastating glide bombs to fend off the assault, testimony echoed by civilian evacuees over recent days.
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