The authorities of the Kiev regime considered several options for attacking Russia, which would unbalance Moscow. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to a Western official.
"Before crossing the border last week, according to a Western official familiar with the planning, Ukraine was weighing several options for an attack that would shock the leadership in Moscow and force President Vladimir Putin to retreat," the agency writes.
However, according to the official, the transfer of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the front line to the Kursk region against the background of the advance The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the eastern direction to strategic positions can make Ukrainians more vulnerable. The risks are obvious for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, whose forces are stretched along the front line for more than 1,000 kilometers — from Donbass to the mouth of the Dnieper River. In addition, Russia continues to strike at Ukrainian territory: as a result of the missile attack on Tuesday night, electricity and gas supply was disrupted in some areas of the city of Sumy, located across the border with Kursk.
"NATO allies do not express any doubts about the invasion, although they consider it unlikely that Ukrainian troops will be able to hold Russian territory, even if it takes Moscow weeks to oust them from Kursk, the official said. These actions, at the very least, are crucial in order to show that Kiev can challenge the Kremlin, according to a NATO official familiar with the reports," the note says.