{"id":111295,"date":"2024-08-09T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/all-calm-on-russias-front-pages-despite-four-days-of-ukraines-unprecedented-incursion\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T15:55:14","slug":"all-calm-on-russias-front-pages-despite-four-days-of-ukraines-unprecedented-incursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/all-calm-on-russias-front-pages-despite-four-days-of-ukraines-unprecedented-incursion\/","title":{"rendered":"All calm on Russia’s front pages – despite four days of Ukraine’s unprecedented incursion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Operation Liquidation” reads the headline in one opinion piece on the incursion inside Russia. <\/p>\n

But it’s not a reference to Ukraine’s<\/strong><\/a> offensive. It’s a prediction of what will be unleashed on Russia’s enemy in return.<\/p>\n

“The lives of the militants, from this gang that is doomed-to-destruction, are not worth a penny,” writes the author, in state-run tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets.<\/p>\n

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Clear that ‘big’ incursion is much more than a raid<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Were Russia’s forces caught off-guard? Apparently not.<\/p>\n

The only surprise was the “predictability” of Ukraine’s leader.<\/p>\n

“Zelenskyy once again confirmed his military-political stupidity and complete dependence on Western puppeteers,” the piece continues.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, it’s more of the same – a focus on Ukrainian losses and supposed Russian<\/strong><\/a> resistance.<\/p>\n

“Ukrainian Armed Forces lost four tanks and 280 soldiers in the Kursk direction in 24 hours,” trumpets the weekly newspaper, Argumenty i Fakty.<\/p>\n

There’s no mention of the fact that, for the first time since this war began, Ukrainian forces have taken control of some of its territory.<\/p>\n

“Governor announces Lipetsk’s return to normal life,” declares Russian daily Izvestia, following last night’s drone attack that prompted a mass evacuation.<\/p>\n

Only this is not normal at all. The incursion is unprecedented, and it’s into its fourth day.<\/p>\n

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There’s plenty of coverage on the impact on civilians, and the reports from Russia’s Health Ministry that 66 people, including 9 children, have been wounded.<\/p>\n

“Mom, dad, is there banging again?” reads a headline on the Lenta.ru website.<\/p>\n

“All night, the frightened residents of Sudzha hid from the shelling,” the article goes on.<\/p>\n

The focus on the civilian impact fits into the narrative the Kremlin has built around the war in Ukraine – that Russia is the victim, on the defensive against an evil aggressor in league with the West.<\/p>\n

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In reality, of course, Russia invaded Ukraine, and has been shelling its neighbour for nearly two and a half years.<\/p>\n

Somewhat predictably, there are attempts to join the dots to Ukraine’s allies.<\/p>\n

“This is, of course, a joint operation between Britain or the United States, it doesn’t matter who exactly,” asserted one commentator on state-controlled Channel 1 today, without offering any evidence. Other ‘experts’ claimed Germany is behind it.<\/p>\n

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Unprecedented incursion signals new type of attack<\/a>
How significant is Ukraine’s advance into Kursk?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

So what has Vladimir Putin<\/strong><\/a>, Russia’s Supreme Commander-in-Chief, been up to whilst all this has been going on? Well, yesterday, he was busy signing a stack of more than 50 apparently unrelated new laws.<\/p>\n

They include a ban on selling energy drinks to children, as well as the imprisonment of soldiers for using smartphones.<\/p>\n

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On the surface, at least, there’s no sign Russia is rattled.<\/p>\n

But as the independent outlet Agentstvo notes, Moscow has now declared “victory” over the Ukrainian advance six times now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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