It's time to pull the plug on the whole bloody series.
Posted on 04/26/2025 1:27:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Nearly nine months after losing chunks of the Kursk region to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the border territory.
Ukraine denied it, saying the fighting was still ongoing. If confirmed, Moscow’s victory in Kursk would deprive Kyiv of key leverage in U.S.-brokered efforts to negotiate an end to the more than 3-year-old war by exchanging its gains for some of Russia-occupied land in Ukraine.
Here are key moments of the battle for Kursk and its impact:
Ukrainian forces pushed into Kursk on Aug. 6, 2024, in a surprise attack, with battle-hardened mechanized units quickly overwhelming lightly armed Russian border guards and inexperienced army conscripts. Hundreds were taken prisoner.
The incursion was a humiliating blow to the Kremlin — the first time the country’s territory was occupied by an invader since World War II.
It was plotted in complete secrecy, with the Ukrainian troops involved reportedly told their mission only a day before it began. Russia’s drones and intelligence assets were focused on battlefields in eastern Ukraine, which enabled Kyiv to pull its troops covertly to the border under the cover of thick forests.
Ukrainian units quickly drove deep into the Kursk region in several directions, meeting little resistance and sowing chaos and panic. As the most capable Russian units were fighting in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Moscow didn’t have enough land forces to protect the Kursk region and other border areas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cast the incursion as a way to distract Russian forces in the east and said Kyiv could eventually exchange its gains for Russian-occupied territory in peace talks.
Ukraine’s chief military commander, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Kyiv’s forces captured nearly 1,300 square kilometers (500 square miles) and about 100 settlements in the region that...
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I thought it SUNK!? /s
I know the battle is over.
Over 76,000 Ukraine soldiers lost in Kursk.
The equalivant of 3 years western military production in equipment lost.
Sumy govt has evacuated all records of the govt over two weeks ago.
This was a greater defeat for Ukraine than the 2023 offensive.
Ukraine is still planning their next great Offensive to defeat The Putin....
Luckily you apparently have your Kremlin connections to get up to date figures and stats.
It's time to pull the plug on the whole bloody series.
It’s over.
Intellectual curiosity and reseach go a long way. When your go sources are antiTrump rags, and DNC approved propoganda it’s hard to understand.
Get yourself a VPN and read something outside the MSM. The rest of the world has opinions and data. Put it all together. Or you can be a Biden Warmonger.
Trump is antiWar. ProWarmongers for Ukraine are aligned against Trump.
Trump wants peace. Zelinski and Britain want war as a means for prosperity.
The average American Taxpayer family has paid a TAX FOR UKRAINE OF $20,000 USD. Last year its $4500. Going back to 2014 Americans are all poorer.
Russia kas 1O5k KIA and Ukraine has 1.3m KIA/MIA.
Your tax dollars pay Ukraine pensions, teachers, all govt workers....
Get a clue. Get a VPN, and definitely get BTC.
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