Putin is in panic mode.
Actually, there is near zero Russian push-back against the Ukrainian invasion, they simply have no resources left to defend mother Russia. Unless they decide to use nukes, but that would mean the end of Russia and the planet.
Putin is scrambling to get some Wagner troops in the area... but where are the national Russian troops?
What is happening right now is a spectacular display of absolute Kremlin weakness.
You think if you wish hard enough, you're going to make that fantasy come true?
It's NATO and Ukraine that are in panic mode. This stupid stunt proves it. It's Hail Mary.
The only thing going into Kursk could have accomplished would have been capturing the nuclear power plant there. But, Ukraine is nowhere near it and won't get there.
More lives lost needlessly fighting a war Ukraine has no chance of winning.