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Reference News reported on August 24According to a report on the website of German newspaper Die Welt on August 21, the surprise attack launched by the Ukrainian armed forces on Russian territory in the Kursk region since August 6 seems to have been successful so far: the number of Ukrainian soldiers in Russia has reached about 6,000. According to unconfirmed information from Kiev, they have occupied 1,250 square kilometers of land and 92 towns and villages.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proudly declared: “Overall, this operation has become the largest investment in freeing Ukrainians from the Russian cage.” He stated the actual goal of Operation Kursk. Is this goal realistic? Unfortunately, it is not.

This move could ultimately accelerate the end of the defensive war that Ukraine has been fighting since February 2022 and hasten the arrival of negotiations. The beneficiary will be Russia, not Ukraine. Why?

First, in the short term, Western countries' willingness to quickly provide Ukraine with the weapons it desperately needs will decrease rather than increase.

American military analyst Michael Kofman stressed that Western countries may not dare to provide further assistance at this time to avoid the risk of escalating the situation.

There are many signs of this, such as the reaction of Western governments so far: they have neither encouraged Ukraine nor announced new arms deliveries, but have simply remained silent. The offensive is also a desperate plea to obtain more Western weapons. But if the Kursk operation fails, the Western arms supply will decrease, and Western support for Kiev will continue to decline, as hopes for a Ukrainian "victory" will disappear completely.