According to Moscow, nearly 1,000 soldiers and a dozen tanks and armored vehicles infiltrated the Kursk region in southwestern Russia on Tuesday. A mirror strategy, a real tactical move, which aims to destabilize Russian positions.
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The few images that have reached us, widely broadcast by pro-Russian media, show the destruction of the dozen tanks and armoured vehicles taken by the Ukrainian forces. But is this operation really a failure?
“Negative”responds former officer Guillaume Ancel, who points out the Ukrainian audacity in such an operation: “The Ukrainians have challenged Putin’s Russia, whose troops have concentrated in the Donbass region to subdue itexplains the editor of the blog Ne pas subi. This Ukrainian incursion has conquered as much territory as the Russians have done in the last few weeks in Donbass, but with frightening losses.”
“It seems like it’s a mirror of what the Russians are doing to them. And it puts them in a very difficult situation.”
Guillaume Ancel, former French officerto franceinfo
The Ukrainian offensive is therefore a tactical pressure move aimed at destabilizing the Russian general staff, with expected psychological repercussions. “It’s good for the morale of Ukrainians,” analysis Guillaume Ancel.
The incursion is expected to be temporary. Authorities on both sides of the border have already called for the evacuation of populations, predicting a deluge of fire in the coming days, and the withdrawal of Ukrainian brigades from the area.
