Let's dwelve into some history... Kursk was first mentioned in documents from 1032. Completely destroyed by the Tatars in 1240, it was not rebuilt until 1586. Kursk and Belegorod have lengthy histories of being Ukrainian regions prior to 1919 when the Soviet Russians took over and scrubbed out the Ukrainian culture. Many residents of Kursk Oblast still identify with being Ukrainian rather than Russian. Let's read some history from 1918 - "In 1918, the western portion of the current Kursk Oblast with the towns of Rylsk and Sudzha was part of the Ukrainian State.[12] Korenevo was the place of signing of a ceasefire between the Ukrainian State, Germany and Soviet Russia in May 1918. Kursk was the place of establishment of the Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Government of Ukraine, and Sudzha was its first seat in November-December 1918." Maybe Ukraine should hold a referendum in Kursk so it votes to become part of Ukraine. You know like Russia did in Crimea. After all Kursk was traditionally part of Ukraine.
Soon any child with a balsa wood toy airplane will be able to bomb Russia. The Kremlin's air defenses are becoming next to worthless. Russia air defenses stretched, gives Ukraine more opportunities: experts Russia's air defenses are being stretched, putting the country in a position where it has to decide what to protect. https://www.businessinsider.com/rus...ves-ukraine-more-opportunities-experts-2024-8
There was not Ukraine state in 1918 there was never Ukraine before Lenin created it. Then Stalin added some other parts like Lvov Then last thing was Khrushchev who illegally moved Crimea from Russia Ukraine was created by communists and now time has come to decommunize it
Prior to the Soviet Union, Ukrainian language and culture flourished in the Kursk Oblast. The Russians in the Soviet Union put their foot down to eliminate the Ukrainian culture and people. A story repeated across the Soviet Union over and over in multiple regions. Do I need to bring up the Holodomor in the early 1930s as well.
Meanwhile in Russia: all hell breaks loose when Russia's former Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Fyodorov says he is ashamed of the way Russia's invasion of Ukraine is proceeding, while the hosts and other pundits desperately try to shut him up.
"What does it take for Russian people to finally say that's enough?" Putin faces coup threat, Kursk invasion 'significantly underestimated' | Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges