2024-08-18
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The Ukrainian army's surprise attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast caught the Russian army off guard. With the support of the United States and the West, the Ukrainian army did temporarily achieve certain results. However, Ukraine's idea of taking a gamble in Kursk and its practice of withdrawing troops from various fronts to Kursk also caused various fronts in Ukraine to fall into a situation of shortage of manpower.
On August 17, 10 days after the Ukrainian army attacked Russia's Kursk region, Ukrainian President Zelensky announced again that the Ukrainian army was consolidating and strengthening its positions in Russia's Kursk region. General Shelsky, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, had previously disclosed that the Ukrainian army had set up a command post in Kursk and strengthened the positions of troops in the Kursk region. It has now captured more than 80 settlements in the region and controlled more than 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory.
The Ukrainian army launched a surprise attack on Russian territory on August 6, when the frontline operations were unfavorable. This was the largest cross-border attack on Russian territory since World War II. Ukraine insisted that as long as it could gain a foothold in Kursk, it could deal a fatal blow to Russia, forcing Russia to sit at the negotiating table and gain greater bargaining chips for the negotiations.