Posted on 03/12/2025 3:07:55 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Russian forces advanced further into Kursk in a major operation to encircle Ukrainian soldiers, pro-Kremlin war bloggers said.
Ukraine has occupied the Russian region since a surprise offensive last August and hoped to use it as a bargaining chip in any negotiations.
Last week, Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a counter-offensive in Sudzha, seven miles inside Russia, while simultaneously crossing the border into Ukraine’s Sumy region.
It was a pincer movement aimed at surrounding thousands of Ukrainian troops.
On Monday, Russian troops were reported to have cleared the village of Ivashkovsky as they advanced from seven directions.
Ukraine had been hoping to hold onto the Russian territory it seized last August as a potential bargaining chip that could be traded away in any negotiations with Moscow.
Sources inside the Ukrainian government said they believed Russia’s breakthrough in Kursk is a direct consequence of the US pausing intelligence sharing.
Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s commander in chief, said on Monday that Kyiv was reinforcing its troops in the Russian region but played down fears that Kyiv’s forces were at risk of encirclement.
Yuri Podolyaka, a pro-Russian military blogger, said Russia’s advance had left pockets of Ukrainian troops cut off from friendly forces.
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Too funny! The Leftists have their HANDS FULL trying to paint lipstick on this Ukrainian disaster.
Again I need to point out zeepers and the LSM have assured us Russia has collapsed, they are using donkeys to move troops around and have no more money to fight this war, in fact Zelensky supposedly had Russia on the run.
What say you now Z fanbois? TO bad Z did not sign the firs time.
Yeah, I can see why Zyyy wants a cease fire now.
Note yahoo has to make it Trumps fault
I think Putin will do a ceasefire next week when most of kursk is cleaned up.
Y’all fighting the wrong war!
The wrong way.
Learn how to play Chess.
Kursk was Ziggy’s last card.
Of course, Yahoo’s take is it is our fault. BS.
Zeepers: “The brave AZOV fighters have the ruzzianz surrounded”.
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Heil Bandera.
It’s Yahoo standard operating procedure.
Dam North Koreans.
Ironically, allowing the Ukrainian troops in Kursk to live and return to Ukraine may end up being a significant Russian bargaining chip
Hummm, ... you may have something there.
“ Sources inside the Ukrainian government said they believed Russia’s breakthrough in Kursk is a direct consequence of the US pausing intelligence sharing.”
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Bullcrap! The rollback of the Ukrainians in Kursk has been ongoing for some time - well before the pause in :intelligence sharing”. The Ukrainians lost a lot of equipment and, more important, lots of lives of good men in Zelensky’s little adventure there. Some bargaining chip.
You are far more accurate.
The Kursk offensive was stopped before the Ukrainians were able to take control of Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, their original target.
Since then, Russia has slowly been pushing the Ukrainians back and out of Kursk.
The Ukrainians have lost intelligence sharing for the last four days.
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