For the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces breakthrough in the Kursk region is less important than advancement in the Donbass - NYT

Russia has not yet managed to knock the Armed Forces on the border with Ukraine due to insufficient number of troops and priorities, Western experts say. For Russia, the reflection of the invasion in the Kursk region is less important than the advancement in the Donbass. About it writes The New York Times.

According to the publication, according to Western officials and military experts, the reason why Russia has not yet managed to reflect the largest foreign invasion of its country since the Second World War, is manifested not only in the personnel and lack of intelligence on the battlefield, but also in priorities .

"Suddenly on the offensive on Kursk, Russia is still more tuned to the capture of Pokrovsk, a city, which is a key logistics center in the Eastern Donbass of Ukraine," the message reads. "The Ukrainian invasion had a shocking impact on the Russians. It will not continue forever. They will gather together and respond respectively," said Christopher G. Kavoli, US Army General and NATO chief commander.

To date, Ukrainian troops control about 100 settlements in the Kursk region and captured almost 600 Russian military. Officials say that 3 weeks after the invasion of the Kursk direction, slow but constant successes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation near Pokrovsk, despite the situation in Kurshchyna, increased. Russian troops continue to move to Pokrovsk. "Any weakening of the Russian impulse caused by any release is not noticeable," said military analyst Marcus Reisner.