Zelenskys chief of staff stated that the purpose of the invasion of Kursk was to allow Ukraine to negotiate with Russia on its own terms.
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@Terry
Why so many negative responses?
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@LukeAlmighty @Terry Unsound military strategy. If the Ukrainian army defends in Ukraine it will have a defender's advantage. If it goes on an offensive in Russia (and there is nothing significant to capture) it will have an attackers disadvantage.
@LukeAlmighty @Terry They have to wage the war on the defensive until they gain the upper hand in the force exchange ratio, otherwise they only increase their disadvantage. Go back to reddit, you're too dumb for fedi.
@dubbub @LukeAlmighty I think he's forgetting that Russia has only committed a fraction of its armed forces to the war and by invading Russia proper like this you're just kicking over a hornets nest.
@Terry @LukeAlmighty @dubbub Ukraine hasn’t managed to slow the Russian advance in the Donbass, and there’s no reason to believe they’ll hold onto these gains in Kursk. When Russia pushes them back and continues to advance in the Donbass, it’ll be over for them. That’s why they attempted this.
@Griffith @Terry @LukeAlmighty @dubbub When you send your hero in to kill peons at the enemy gold mine, you're supposed to bring a scroll of town portal.
The operation was doomed to failure even before the Kharkov front was opened up and now it can only hope to achieve a short term PR victory which ultimately will be eclipsed by Russian victories in the donbass.