The Daily Populous Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 day edition
Authored by bbc.com and submitted by BobbyLucero

The tone is dark, even angry.

“The situation is getting worse every day.”

“We don’t see the goal. Our land is not here.”

Almost four months after Ukrainian troops launched a lightning offensive into the Russian region of Kursk, text messages from soldiers fighting there paint a dismal picture of a battle they don’t properly understand and fear they might be losing.

We’ve been in contact, via Telegram, with several soldiers serving in Kursk, one of whom has recently left. We’ve agreed not to identify any of them.

None of the names in this article are real.

They speak of dire weather conditions and a chronic lack of sleep caused by Russia’s constant bombardment, which includes the use of terrifying, 3,000kg glide bombs.

They’re also in retreat, with Russian forces gradually retaking territory.

“This trend will continue,” Pavlo wrote on 26 November. “It’s only a matter of time.”

_BlueFire_ on December 3rd, 2024 at 07:13 UTC »

"drowning men told to deal with it and hope an incoming rain will help them somehow"

HunterS_1981 on December 3rd, 2024 at 05:46 UTC »

“The orders now, they said, were to hang onto this small sliver of Russian territory until a new US president, with new policies, arrives in the White House at the end of January.

The main task facing us is to hold the maximum territory until Trump’s inauguration and the start of negotiations,” Pavlo said. “In order to exchange it for something later. No-one knows what.”

Potential-Bee3866 on December 3rd, 2024 at 05:28 UTC »

Right, cause Trump's gonna help the Ukrainians...