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Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all.

Battles are so intense that some Ukrainian commanders can’t evacuate the dead. Communication lags and poorly timed tactics have cost lives, and troops have little way to counterattack, seven front-line soldiers and commanders told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity so they could discuss sensitive operations.

Since being caught unaware by the lightning Ukrainian incursion, Russia has amassed more than 50,000 troops in the region, including some from its ally North Korea. Precise numbers are hard to obtain, but Moscow’s counterattack has killed and wounded thousands and the overstretched Ukrainians have lost more than 40% of the 984 square kilometres (380 square miles) of Kursk they seized in August.

Its full-scale invasion three years ago left Russia holding a fifth of Ukraine, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hinted that he hopes controlling Kursk will help force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

But five Ukrainian and Western officials in Kyiv who spoke on condition of anonymity to freely discuss sensitive military matters said they fear gambling on Kursk will weaken the whole 1000-kilometer (621-mile) front line, and Ukraine is losing precious ground in the east.

“We have, as they say, hit a hornet’s nest. We have stirred up another hot spot,” said Stepan Lutsiv, a major in the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade.

The border raid that became an occupation

Army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has said that Ukraine launched the operation because officials thought Russia was about to launch a new attack on northeast Ukraine.

It began on Aug. 5 with an order to leave Ukraine’s Sumy region for what they thought would be a nine-day raid to stun the enemy. It became an occupation that Ukrainians welcomed as their smaller country gained leverage and embarrassed Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Gathering his men, one company commander told them: “We’re making history; the whole world will know because this hasn’t been done since World War II.

Privately, he was less certain.

“It seemed crazy,” he said. “I didn’t understand why.”

Shocked by the success achieved largely because the Russians were caught by surprise, the Ukrainians were ordered to advance beyond the original mission to the town of Korenevo, 25 kilometres (16 miles) into Russia. That was one of the first places where Russian troops counterattacked.

By early November the Russians began regaining territory rapidly. Once in awe of what they accomplished, troops’ opinions are now shifting as they come to with losses. The company commander said half of his troops were dead or wounded.

Some front-line commanders said conditions were tough, morale was low and troops were questioning command decisions, even the very purpose of occupying Kursk.

Another commander said that some orders his men have received don’t reflect reality because of delays in communication. Delays occur especially when territory is lost to Russian troops, he said.

“They don’t understand where our side is, where the enemy is, what’s under our control, and what isn’t,” he said. “They don’t understand the operational situation, we so act at our discretion."

One platoon commander said higher-ups have repeatedly turned down his requests to change his unit’s defensive position because he knows his men can't hold the line.

“Those people who stand until the end are ending up MIA,” he said. He said he also knows of at least 20 Ukrainian soldiers whose bodies had been abandoned over the last four months because the battles were too intense to evacuate them without more casualties...

Source: EconomicTimes

Hahahaha, this is a different story from what the Western Media is telling us in English language.

Mandrian:
No winners in war. Only losers. End the war now!

I just like war small war,
world self to me is at peace,
When nato send dier army to ukraine
Meaninig more dan 20countries and dier self donor armies and modern weapons,while russia only dey get down with these countrie,
Now just russia ask hes ally for soldiers has bcome a nightmare to the west.
Only northkorean oooo
But if real war enter this country now
Whr will tinibu run to?

Vanquished Ukraine.

Bad decision

Almiron:


Source: EconomicTimes

It's war so nothing special about the news. After all Kursk the home to some Russian submarine fleets, so it's a message they have sent.

I keep sayin it
Russia has d best army,airforce,navy in d world,forget wetin hollywood dey act for una,
U see russia aand china ehh for war matter united states no near dem as of now,
Russia is having weapon more deadlier than orishnik or what,
And i sayin that china is 13yrs ahead of united states and some quote me wrong,china dey mad as of now both in weapons and science,see the truth is dt what is holdin the united state as of now is just their currency.
Leave cnn,skynews,bbc, and hollywood.

Ukrainians fighting for their lands by themselves, now watch how zombies would come to praise Putin who assembled fighters from his allies.

Putin exposed his weaknesses fighting Ukraine

H

That thing Putin want to see..... He will see it one day.. na nuclear war be his medicine

Playing pr stunts with life of his soldiers. Zelensky is very wicked for sending his soldiers to die just to embarrass Putin. You can't embarass a tactician. Putin doesn't work by emotions. He's pragmatic and practical

Ukrain is winning says the media... we go see the winner very soon

HelipsTech:
Ukrainians fighting for their lands by themselves, now watch how zombies would come to praise Putin who assembled fighters from his allies.

Putin exposed his weaknesses fighting Ukraine

You are also free to be an ally to the Ukrainian side.

without free weapons from Ukrainian ally, Ukraine would have turned rubble by now

The point is there's no winner in a war

Risingblue008:
I keep sayin it
Russia has d best army,airforce,navy in d world,forget wetin hollywood dey act for una,
U see russia aand china ehh for war matter united states no near dem as of now

You mean, North Korean armies or the armies he trafficked from Indians ?

wow

puremaker7:
You are also free to be an ally to the Ukrainian side

Are you a zombie?
Sorry to ask

greenermodels:
Hahahaha, this is a different story from what the Western Media is telling us in English language.

Na why it not advisable to listen to one side

OK



Princess Faith Chukwu

No winner in war. But Russia will loose in Ukraine

Almiron:


Source: EconomicTimes

Nawa oo

puremaker7:
You are also free to be an ally to the Ukrainian side.

without free weapons from Ukrainian ally, Ukraine would have turned rubble by now

The point is there's no winner in a war

Putin should pull out from Ukraine, why this war? After Ukraine withdrew their hip from NATO, what is he fighting for? Are you saying Ukraine should fold their arms and watch Russia do as they pleases in their land?

Meaningless war

Bloodied Ukrainian Troops Risk Losing More Hard-won Land In Kursk To Russia by Almiron: 6:07pm
Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all.

Battles are so intense that some Ukrainian commanders can’t evacuate the dead. Communication lags and poorly timed tactics have cost lives, and troops have little way to counterattack,

THE LOVE OF COCOCANDY LIFE.



THE WHITE MAN.... SATAN OWN SON

So Russia has not been able to regain part of Russia taken by Ukraine after Six Months?


Chai

Putin and Russia are overrated

This war must come to an end

Thank God, we now have Mr. Trump who will surely see to it that the war ends

It's funny to see western media starting to confess that the Kursk misadventure has been a disaster for Ukraine. Everyone said it from the onset, but western media and their jobbers here claimed the offensive was the best thing after Zelensky's love for cocaine.

Anyone who says otherwise is instantly silenced and tagged a Russian er, terrorist, and whatnot.

As we have found out, cocaine isn't good for Zelensky, and neither is Ukraine's offensive into Kursk. His invasion into Kursk has been a disaster from the onset and remains a disaster.

HelipsTech:


You mean, North Korean armies or the armies he trafficked from Indians ?

U compare to nato

Jdjd

With Russia, never be too sure of even your own name

Ukraine had better forget Kursk. It is time the war is ended. It is time Zelensky and Putin sign a peace deal.

Ukraine needs far more than it is presently getting to beat a superpower, even though a spent one. Putin is giving his all to win this war, in of cash. It has budgeted 17trillion roubles next year to fight the war. He has also turned Russia into a war economy.

This combined with the West not fully ing Ukraine, and Putin now quite confident that Trump will hand over to him the parts of Ukraine he wants, seems emboldened to seize more land before Trump assumes office.