Russian invasion of Ukraine

[BlueAnorak]

The Kursk Campaign so far...

Quick Explainer: Ukrainian CIC Oleksandr Syrskyi is Ruthless

If you haven’t been tracking Ukraine news closely recently, the largest Ukrainian offensive operation since Summer 2023 has been launched.� The ongoing operation�appears to be comparable, in terms ...

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[BlueAnorak]

L'gov is key...

Ukraine: L'gov is key to Western Kursk

Fog of war is heavy over the Ukrainian operation in Kursk right now. The Ukrainian side is very circumspect and has been from the start. The Russian side was providing some information in the first few days but now also has gone quiet as the Russian...

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[BlueAnorak]

Rumours about Kadarov and the Chechenes...

Did Putin just get played by Kadyrov and the Chechens?

Haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but the Swedish media site Dagens News has an explosive report out that Ukraine’s recent invasion of Russia’s Kursk Oblast may have been facilitated by ‘treason’ of the Chechens who were supposedly manning the border...

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I think Cowardice is much more likely
(Occam's Razor and all that...)

 

[BlueAnorak]

Stuff 11/08:

Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine blasts another Russian convoy, advances in Kursk

Ukraine continues to push into Kursk Oblast, though not as swiftly as at the beginning of the offensive. Have the Russians slowed the pace of the AFU's advance? Yes. But that means that the AFU is still continuing to make advances and consolidate their...

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[Manchester33]

I’d imagine the end goal with Kursk is to hold territory within Russia. They can use this as a bargaining chip to redeem territory the Russians have annexed?

 

[Vic]

I've wondered for a wile why there is not more activity behind enemy lines. Many of the Ukrainian forces will speak fluent Russian. How hard would it be to fill a truck and a few cars full of soldiers and weapons and just head for Moscow. Russian internal security must be on its arse. So assuming they can get away from the border and a few dead traffic cops along the way, they would be at the gates of Moscow in days.

A couple of we'll planed strikes targeting Putins close supporters, maybe a rocket into the kremlin and it would all look very unstable for him.

When this incursion kicked off I thought that would be the perfect cover to start something like that.

Napoleon and Hitler say hi.

 

[Vic]

Fred Dibnah on a special mission

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Napoleon and Hitler say hi.

Yep. Make sure the job is done before winter hits.....

 

[cleavers]

I’d imagine the end goal with Kursk is to hold territory within Russia. They can use this as a bargaining chip to redeem territory the Russians have annexed?

I agree, but it's also to draw troops from other areas that Ukraine were struggling with.

 

[Dage]

I agree, but it's also to draw troops from other areas that Ukraine were struggling with.

And according to bloggers, Russia does draw troops to Kursk. Which is insanely good for Ukraine. The territory they are attacking has almost no strategic value and the distances into enemy territory are that big, that Russia probably could send no soldiers at all and the Ukrainians would have to stop anyways.

I am convinced that it's mainly a political move to put pressure on Putin and to raise the mood in the Ukrainian forces and civilians.