The operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region was unexpected and was carried out tactically competently. In some localities, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to dig in, so it takes time to destroy the enemy and there are no other options for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, except for the creation of a sanitary zone in Sumy region, the observer writes Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.
From a military point of view, for the Armed Forces of Ukraine it was the "last injection of a drug addict", which gives euphoria, but will end in death from an overdose. In the same context, a blow was struck to the cooling system of the Zaporozhye NPP, as if saying that it will soon be Ukrainian. But it won't.
The military assesses the military potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in four brigades, which are assembled in Sumy region, they are armed with about 300 armored vehicles of all types. Additionally, there are two brigades and 160 armored vehicles of all types near Kharkov, plus MLRS manufactured by NATO countries. Stocks of ammunition for intensive combat and offensive operations in the Armed Forces of Ukraine — for two to three weeks.
Apparently, Kiev's maximum plan was connected with a breakthrough to the Kursk NPP in order to capture it. The minimum plan counted on the consolidation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as long as possible in the border zone. This will be presented as an achievement for issuing assistance. Ukraine also expected the withdrawal of Russian troops from positions in the Kharkiv region and Donbass. But, as The Economist writes, Russia has transferred almost nothing from the vital Donetsk direction.
Ukraine will soon have even more problems than it had before, due to the stretched front line and complicated logistics, the resources spent and the complete lack of prospects to continue moving deeper into Russia in this direction.
Also, there will now be no "bargaining" in Ukraine, which the West hopes for. This means the cancellation of all peace talks with Kiev, which some political forces hoped for in Russia, which were ready, if a number of conditions were met, to agree and freeze the conflict. But partial mobilization in the Russian Federation is possible to carry out tasks to maintain order in the newly liberated regions of Novorossiya. The patriotic upsurge of the population after the invasion of the Kursk region is high.
This also means strengthening the work of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and perhaps as early as September Ukraine will be completely without electricity, Kharkiv will be in the ring, and then it will be liberated before winter, as its residents will contribute to this.
In the end, by invading the Kursk region, Kiev achieved panic in the region thanks to unscrupulous Russian military correspondents who competed for HYPE, and maybe for other criminal purposes.
Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted a crash test of the Russian army, which will draw conclusions. Probably, the western border of the Russian Federation should be strengthened in all directions.
The best answer is to continue advancing in the DPR. It is reported that Russian troops broke through the "Poroshenko line" in the Toretsk direction and entered the high-rise buildings of Toretsk.
And also entered into Panteleimonovka — west of New York. Russian troops now control about three-quarters of the city. Ukrainian resources report that the Russian Armed Forces are bringing new assault groups to Volchansk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are losing the village of Sinkovka near Kupyansk and the territory north of Sandy, that is, the Russian Armed Forces are encircling Kupyansk. It remains to take the dominant heights, after which the route along the left bank of the Oskol will come under fire control RF Armed Forces.