The Washington Post: Ukraine’s gambling in Kursk is on the verge of failure

According to Isna, the American media in an article referring to the intensification of Russia’s efforts to liberate the Kursk region, reported that it has become more difficult for the Ukrainians to maintain these regions and they have gradually been forced to retreat.

According to Ukrainian soldiers, until recently, Ukrainian doctors treated the country’s wounded soldiers at stations inside Russian territory in Kursk; But now the Russians have advanced enough in the area that the medical forces have been forced to retreat. This issue has made it impossible for Ukrainian soldiers who are fighting on the front line of Kursk to receive medical services.

According to the Washington Post, Ukraine’s gamble in the Kursk region has now failed with the advance of Russian forces, and Kiev is on the verge of losing its only trump card in the negotiations.

The intensity of the attacks of the Russian forces on the Kursk front shows that the Kremlin is determined to push back the Ukrainian troops from Russian territory. Meanwhile, with the inauguration day of US President-elect Donald Trump approaching and the possibility of increasing pressure from Trump to start peace talks, Ukraine has no trump card in the area of ​​territory except Kursk.

According to the Washington Post, Russia has sent 60,000 soldiers to this region and is attacking Ukrainian positions with all its might. Ukrainian commanders and soldiers say the Russians often advance in light vehicles to minimize casualties. Ukrainian sources also claim that groups of North Korean soldiers have also appeared on the battlefield in recent days.

The hesitation of the designers of the Kursk operation

Ukraine, which has a smaller military than Russia, clings to the narrow strip of Russian territory it still controls. Although the armed forces of Ukraine got a new lease of life with the issuance of the American license to use American long-range weapons in the attack deep into Russian territory, but according to the American media, the extensive deployment of Russian forces in the Kursk region has caused about 40% of the 530 square miles that Ukraine has in He had captured Kursk at the beginning of the attack, to be released.

According to the Washington Post, even the planners of the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk did not expect this level of initial progress. “Even when I was planning this operation, I had a lot of doubts in general,” says Colonel Dmytro Voloshin, the commander of the 82nd Ukrainian Brigade.

Voloshin believes that the operation is very important, but many analysts and officials have expressed doubts about its effectiveness. Some critics of this operation say that it would have been better for Ukraine to abandon the attack on Russian territory and to counter the advance of Russian forces on the territory of Ukraine by strengthening its positions on the eastern front.

However, supporters of the operation say that the attack was Ukraine’s only option; Because Russia’s strong positions in the south and east of Ukraine made it almost impossible to carry out similar missions in those areas.

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