“It’s all very dramatic—and also a shameful waste of precious military resources,” the expert said.The operation, reported by Russian sources on 6 August, centers around the town of Sudzha, which Axe argues has minimal military significance.
"This is the logic of transferring the war to enemy territory—so that their territory burns and is destroyed, not yours. So that their cities burn and their residents suffer, not yours. This is what the Kremlin has feared from the very beginning," the expert wrote on Telegram.The incursion reportedly involves a significant force, including armored vehicles, distinguishing it from previous smaller-scale raids in 2023. These earlier incursions were conducted by volunteer Russian units fighting for Ukraine, such as the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion, in Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts. Ukraine did not make official announcements regarding the events in the Kursk oblast. Ukraine may conduct hostilities on the territory of the Russian Federation, exercising its legal right to self-defense. Ukraine endures devastating Russian agression for more than two years. Read more:
- ISW: Russian bloggers claim Ukraine “diverts” attention with Kursk incursion
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