Glenn Corn
Ukrainian forces launched a fresh offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region over the weekend, trying to surprise Russian forces – and the North Korean troops fighting alongside them – and carve out more territory. Five months ago, Ukrainian troops entered Kursk in a stunning move that marked the first time a foreign military had occupied Russian territory since World War II. Since then, Russian and North Korean have been slowly retaking territory in Kursk seized by the Ukrainian side. In this sense, the current Ukrainian operation is really a counter-counteroffensive, aimed at turning the tide once more. And it’s clearly aimed at doing so before Donald Trump returns to the White House, and to gain some territorial leverage before Trump begins his much-promised effort to negotiate an end to the war.
“We continue to maintain a buffer zone on Russian territory, actively destroying Russian military potential there,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday. “Since the beginning of the Kursk operation, the enemy has already lost over 38,000 troops in this area alone, including approximately 15,000 irrecoverable losses.”
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