1) Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, “Ukraine has called Putin’s nuclear bluff; Timid Western leaders must seize the rare opportunity offered by Ukraine’s bold masterstroke,” The Telegraph, August 15, 2024 (1:41 pm);
2) julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt “Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Reveals a Dramatic Shift; The offensive was developed in secret, devised to divertRussian troops away from the front lines in Ukraine and seize territory to use as a bargaining chip,” New York Times, August 15, 2024;
3) Francis Dearnley, “Putin is crippled by the West’s preemptive attack on Russia; Kyiv’s bold operation in Kursk has already transformed the wider conflict in ways that have not been fully appreciated, The telegraph, August 16, 2024 (5:51 pm);;