RE: REALITY HAS INTERRUPTED SUCCESSFULLY29 Aug 2024 19:30
Second, one must ask the reasonable question of whether expanding the war into Russia is even a smart tactical move. Zelensky and his military high command have obviously concluded that it is, the idea being that if Russia is forced to fight on its own territory, then Moscow will have to divert manpower and equipment away from the front. This, the reasoning goes, would alleviate the intense pressure Ukrainian forces have been under for the last eight months.
Russia, however, hasn't taken the bait—not yet anyway. Some Russian troops have been re-deployed from Ukraine to stem the bleeding in Kursk, but Moscow hasn't touched the most active areas of the frontline. General Syrskyi acknowledged this indirectly, admitting that the battlefield around the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk remains "fairly difficult" as Russian glide bombs and artillery are hitting Ukrainian defenders there. If taking the fight to the Russians on their turf comes at the cost of more Russian gains in Donetsk, what exactly was the point?
Finally, if part of Zelensky's calculus was to push Putin into a negotiation, then the Kursk gambit has backfired. Instead of shocking Moscow into submission, it has convinced the Russian political elite to double down.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraines-kursk-incursion-turning-point-war-opinion-1946260
Read all about it Dummy Novice. Kursk is a never ending disaster for Ukraine.
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