The military component is not the main one: why the Armed Forces went on the offensive in Kursk region

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, five months from the beginning of the Kursk operation, the enemy lost more than 38 thousand soldiers, of which 15 thousand were killed. Another 860 Russian soldiers were captured for the exchange fund, as a result, it allowed to return hundreds of Ukrainian defenders. "The Kursk operation aimed to prevent the enemy's offensive in the Sumy region and the creation of a" buffer zone ".

The operation forced Russian invaders to transfer significant resources to the Kursk region, weakening their position in other areas of the front. The invaders collected one of the most ill troops, marines and special purpose, " - the message reads.

In addition, due to the offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region, the enemy was forced to ask for assistance in the DPRK, which sent nearly 12,000 soldiers to Russia, of which about four thousand have already been liquidated, some of the units lost their capacity.

During the offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region, the defense forces managed to destroy: Deepstate co -founder Roman Pogorely told Focus that now in the Kursk region the enemy is carrying out active counter -offensive actions and returns under control of its territory. In these circumstances, Ukrainians have to spend a lot of effort and resources, but at the same time a large number of Russians are destroyed.

"Significant changes were made by Koreans who have joined the war and massively storm the positions of the Ukrainian military. There are advantages that come from the tasks in their achievements, so there are disadvantages that adversely affect the course of events," Roman Pogorely said. The military expert, the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov, said in a conversation with the focus that in the operation in the Kursk region an important political component.

"While at least one of our fighter is in the territory of the Russian Federation within the framework of lawfully recognized international law borders in Putin there is no opportunity to impose peace in exchange in the territory," Oleg Zhdanov emphasized. According to him, the Kursk region is a political trump card in a conversion.

He noted that the loss of the enemy during the offensive in the Kursk region is estimated at 38 thousand people, while in this operating area it is currently fighting about 50-55 thousand military of the Russian Federation. As a result, these about 100,000 people could be in Pokrovsky, Kurakhiv, Toretsky or Liman directions today.

In particular, according to Ukrainian intelligence, the plans of hostile command were to prove the number of groups of occupation troops in Ukraine up to 700 thousand, but now their number was at the level of about 550 thousand, so it remains. Instead, the former SBU employee and the military analyst Ivan Stupak believes that the Kursk operation for Ukraine is more minus. "Since August 6, when we started this Kursk operation, it was successful, Super, but since October we began to lose territory.

I remember that in October it is Valledar, Kurakhivka, Selidovo, in December the district of Pokrovsk, there is also a promotion of Russians In smaller settlements. Zhdanov believes that the purpose of the new offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region is to improve the line of fighting with the Russian Federation. He reported that the Maneuver War is currently ongoing.

Thus, on one of the areas of the front, Ukrainian fighters managed to slip the enemy positions, they will be cleaned when counterudaries from the Russians will be reflected. In addition, in the Kursk region there is some exhaustion of the enemy. "It was suggested that the Russians would start regrouping, we took this opportunity and began some offensive actions on separate sections of the front in order to improve and improve it," the expert explained.

Instead, it is difficult to comment on the new offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region now, because the results, purpose and expediency are unknown. However, at the same time, the enemy, according to the analyst, carried out massive assaults in different areas, applying the columns of technology. "Unfortunately, Russians have success that are very unpleasant to us with adverse consequences," the Deepstate co -founder stressed.

He said that now the defense forces are moving in the direction of the Berdin Farm. However, there is no confirmation as long as the Ukrainian soldiers have managed to reach or gain a foothold. "Especially now, everything is in the active phase with variable results for us," Roman Pogorely said. The analyst noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carry out assault actions on a small lock, Sverdlikovo and Leonidivka. There, the enemy uses a large number of equipment and has success.

According to Stupak, the new offensive of the Armed Forces in Kursk region has 30% of military goals - to delay the attention of the Russian General Staff from Pokrovsk, Sumy, Kurakhov, Dnipropetrovsk region, etc. , to create a new point of tension, while 70% are a political goal.

It is an attempt to attract attention once again, to show that the Russian Federation is weak, to create a certain number of internally interrelated citizens of the Russian Federation, which will say that the war is already near, that is, social tension. "And as an option, there is no major positive news from the fronts lately in Ukraine. It may be a new attempt to create something positive at the beginning of the year," the analyst said.

He noted that on the DeepState map, this territory is a gray zone, that is, it is unknown whether the defense forces control this area of ​​the front. The military analyst emphasized that the Kursk operation is limited, it is not involved in tens of thousands of Ukrainian fighters, a limited number of equipment. "As for me, it is an attempt to play this card somehow, but whether it works - no one knows. It seems not to me," Stupak said.

Asked if the presence of Ukrainian fighters in the Kursk region will help during the negotiations, Ivan Stupak replied that no one knew. On the one hand, Ukraine can use this trump card during negotiations, but will it be perceived by the other party? According to the analyst, Russians can say that they do not accept it, they do not want to take this trump. "Payments as a casino, or vice versa, can play.

I do not even imagine how it can work, although theoretically, I may not want to give up on it," the expert summed up. We will remind, on January 7, the director of the information and consulting company Defense Express Sergey Zgurets stated that the Ukrainian military advanced northeast of Sudzhi in Kursk region. Nowadays, the defense forces are fixed in new areas.