If Putin refuses to negotiate, the Armed Forces will continue offensive in Kursk region - The Times

"If Putin does not make concessions and refuses to negotiate, except on his conditions, there will be no alternative in Kiev but to stay in Kursk and move on to increase pressure on Moscow," the material reads. Journalists have specified that Ukraine is considering such a variant of events as quite probable, which is why it has created a military commandant in the controlled part of the Kursk region "as a demonstration of a new front line of confrontation with Moscow".

The material states that, despite the military successes of the Armed Forces, not everything went as Ukraine wanted, because Russian troops continued to move in eastern Ukraine, in particular, in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region. "At some point, the Ukrainian units that are now in Kursk may be tested at home, or they run the risk of leaving vulnerable gaps in eastern Ukraine that Russian troops can use," the article said.

According to journalists, Kyiv will want to keep the captured Russian territory as long as possible as a exchange coin in negotiations with Moscow, but for this purpose it is necessary to keep logistics units to supply everything necessary. And if Putin dare to a large -scale counter -attack, "retreat under fire or without strategy can become fatal for Kiev.

" At the same time, the publication notes that Ukrainian troops in Kursk have four obvious advantages: in addition, even if Ukraine derives its troops, the operation in Kursk showed Moscow that the 720-mile border, which it shares with Ukraine in Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions, will never be safe from attack. "The unexpected invasion of Ukraine has proven it," the journalists emphasized.