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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has escalated again. We thought Ukraine's talk of peace really meant it wanted to have a good talk with Russia, but we did not expect Ukraine's actual actions to become more radical, intervening in the situation in Africa while attacking Russia's homeland.

According to a statement released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian troops attempting to launch an offensive in Kursk Oblast lost up to 400 soldiers and 32 armored vehicles in one day, including 1 tank, 4 armored personnel carriers, 3 infantry fighting vehicles and 24 Kozak armored vehicles.

During the entire course of this battle, Ukraine lost a total of 660 soldiers and 82 armored vehicles, including 8 tanks, 12 armored personnel carriers, 6 infantry fighting vehicles, 55 armored vehicles and 1 obstacle engineering vehicle.

It can be seen that Ukraine suffered heavy losses. In more than a day, no substantial results were achieved. Even after the Russian army reacted, they were unable to advance even 1 meter, yet paid such a painful price. What was the purpose of doing this?

Kursk Oblast attacked

Ukrainian troops launch deadly attack

This attack can be said to be a fatal attack. Although Russia may be caught off guard at the beginning, it is in a state of war after all. After discovering that something is wrong, it will be able to react quickly, so the time left for the Ukrainian army to do anything is actually very short.

Once Russia reacts, the Ukrainian army's actions will be unsustainable and it will inevitably pay a heavy price. After all, they cannot defeat the Russian army on the front line, and if they take the initiative to attack the enemy at home, the situation they face will only become more unfavorable.

This is indeed the case. Judging from the results, it can be said that Ukraine launched a fatal attack and paid a heavy price without achieving any results.

Putin listens to the report

What does Ukraine think?

Why did Ukraine launch an attack that seemed doomed to fail? There are several reasons:

First, the psychological warfare effect.By striking at Russia's homeland, Ukraine is trying to shake the morale of the Russian people and the Russian army. This tit-for-tat strategy is intended to send a clear message to Russia: the cost of war is not limited to Ukrainian territory. If you don't let me have an easy life, I won't let you have an easy life either, no matter how great the cost.

Second, distract the Russian army's attention.By posing threats on multiple fronts, Ukraine hopes to force Russia to disperse its forces, thereby relieving pressure on other fronts.

Third, demonstrate military capabilities.These actions can allow Ukraine to demonstrate its ability to strike Russia to its Western allies in order to gain more military assistance. If the West does not allow Ukraine to use Western long-range missiles to strike deep into Russia, then Ukraine will directly strike the Russian mainland.

Fourth, political propaganda.An attack on Russian soil could be used by the Ukrainian government as fodder for domestic political propaganda to boost public morale.

Fifth, if peace talks are held, all of the above combined can bring certain bargaining chips to Ukraine, thereby forcing Russia to make certain concessions.

Ukrainian flag and Russian flag

What impact will it have on the future?

Ukraine is doing this to tell Russia and the Russians not to think about making Ukraine surrender. Although Ukraine cannot defeat Russia, it also has ways to make life difficult for Russia and thus gain bargaining chips in negotiations.

However, Russia probably won’t care too much about such tricks. Such an attack on Russian soil may lead to more intense retaliatory actions by Russia, further escalating the conflict.

In addition, Western countries may reassess their support for Ukraine and may increase aid or act cautiously out of concern that the situation may get out of control.

Such actions could make any potential peace talks more difficult because they would reinforce the confrontational positions of both sides.

In the long run, if these actions are deemed effective by Ukraine, we may see Ukraine take more similar actions in the future.