Posted on 08/23/2024 9:49:13 AM PDT by delta7
The Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has yielded spectacular PR results for the Kiev regime, creating an image of success that was completely lacking in last year’s failed summer counteroffensive.
But it is also true that, from a strictly military strategy standpoint, the adventure will not generate any game-changing momentum on the ground that would reverse Moscow’s upper hand in the ‘special military operation’.
In fact, much to the contrary, diverting that much manpower and equipment to this operation has further weakened the already depleted Donetsk defenses to a point where Russian Federation forces can now see the ‘final’ goal in sight.
Donetsk may soon be conquered. Losses sustained by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk Region have surpassed 4,700 servicemen and considerable armored capabilities.
Meanwhile as they capture New York, besiege Toretsk and start to threaten the very last defense line of Kramatorsk-Slavyansk.
Needless to say, the conquest (or as they say, ‘liberation’) of the Donetsk Oblast is one the most – if not THE most – vital Russian objectives in the war.
In Pokrovsk, where Ukrainian forces are actively engaged in repelling numerous Russian attacks across various villages, in an area crucial due to its proximity to supply lines and its strategic position in the broader conflict.
ADVERTISEMENT Russians did not redirect many Donetsk units to the Kursk front and Kiev would have hoped.
Instead, they redeployed lower-level units to the Kursk region, according to a briefing by the Institute for the Study of War.
Pokrovsk is also the main railway hub of the entire region for the Ukrainian troops.
The daily captures of settlements are dizzying: Russian forces captured yesterday Kamyshevka, Zavetnoye and Novozhelannoye in the Pokrovsk direction.
With all that, while the Kursk invasion may tale weeks of even months to quell, outlets like Bloomberg are calling it ‘the most failed military operation in the 21st century in terms of the ratio between the result and the resources expended’.
Not even the American fleeing of Afghanistan have wasted so many resources.
What can we expect? Maybe chemical attacks, dirty bombs, etc – many ways to escalate the conflict and drag NATO in.
The Kursk Pocket debacle will spell the end of our stooges in Kiev. If Putin would stop fighting like George McClellan and get on with the “bloody arithmetic”, he could end this before DC escalates it to nuclear WWIII.
Ukraine war will end during first week of Trump-47.
Oh please.
Maybe. Maybe not.
But I’m glad Russia is happy to be invaded, it’s a disaster for Ukraine, what a debacle! /s
So then what are the anti Ukraine pro Russia folks complaining about?
Shouldn’t you be happy? Ukraine has made such a big mistake, why are you insisting they correct the mistake?
As always, I have no prediction the ultimate result of the incursion. But the idea that Putin is so happy about it, is silly.
Wait. You are criticizing Putin and comparing him to McClellan?
That’s interesting.
Totally agree with your statement that Trump will resolve the war. And I accept however he does it.
Hence my shiny new tagline.
Ukraine war will end during first week of Trump-47.
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Amen….and negotiations will pick up from the Minsk Agreements… the agreements the EU and Ukies violated….in any case, the Russian Donbass will remain Russian.
Of note: there have been five peace talks of this date, the Ukies backed out of all five…
“Claimed Limit of Ukrainian Advance in Kursk Oblast
as of August 22, 2024, 3:00 PM ET”
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/83a2f24901c941d581c0c523ecd2619b
NOTE: The map doesn’t show up on my computer. It might on yours.
Ukraine’s success was never based on itself, it was based on being supplied enough fancy weapons by other countries. Those countries are running out of weapons and Ukraine is running out of troops.
To put on a show, Ukraine had to go somewhere not defended and not strategic to the conflict. That didn’t work either.
The only questions left are how many more lives and how much material will be wasted before the conflict ends.
Wait. You are criticizing Putin and comparing him to McClellan?
That’s interesting.
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I compare Putin with Trump, he takes care of his citizens and country, puts them first, and does what he says…..both groups love their leaders.
Ukraine conscripts are not performing well.
Williams. How does it feel to be so wrong about Biden and Zelensky and their globohomo war?
We never learn.
Instead of going deep, wouldn’t it have been better to turn as soon as they crossed the Russian defenses and wipe them out from the sides and back?
See my tagline.
Putin does not deserve to clean Trump’s Butt.
Ouch...that's gonna leave a mark.
I like your tagline, yet here you are banging pots and pans together for a war that is none of our business. But if you truly turned a new leaf, that makes sense.
Trump will make easy work of tinpot dictator Putin. Putin will crawl back in his hole. If he lives that long.
Go Trump!
Straight out of Battle of the Bulge. Put all your resources into a narrow advance while the enemy cuts you off from behind.
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