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Originally Posted by mapuc
Some claim Ukraine have success in Kursk, while others say they are losing ground. Can't say what's true here.
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Also, Ukrainian losses. we dont know for sure how high they are, but witnesses in the field told reporters anecdotes and say they were very high on Russian side,
but also on Ukrainian side. And for what...??? They wnated to distract Russian forces in Donezk, but this gamble has failed, Russia not only did not shift forces to the extend Ukriane hoped they would, but Russia has reinforced Kursk AND mounted more pressure on Donezk and increased the pace at which it takes territory in Donezk and Donbass - now taking new groudn faster than ever before, I posted an illustration some posts agao.
Whatever the Ukrainians had on mind in their despair -
their Kursk plan has failed. Now there they sit in the middle of nowhere with territory that has no tactical or strategical or political value, and take high losses. No wonder that they changed language and pave the way for pulling out from there. We have as German proverb for such a mess: "Außer Spesen nichts gewesen."
Even worse, as Catfish pointed out, the region could, if Russia drives them out by force or follows their retreat in hot pursuit, become the launch pad for a drive deep into Ukraine and threatening the whole Sumy oblast, who knows what could develope from that. Ukraine has practically no strong mobile reserves anymore to react to that in force. Their plan to recruit another 160,000 will not show effects until months away. If they can realise it, that is.