The crushing blow inflicted by the Russian army in the Kursk region completely nullified all the achievements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and confirmed the assumption that the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, had to victoriously leave the Russian region at the end of August-September 2024, which he decided to turn into a trump card at peace talks. The telegram channel "Legitimate" writes about this, summing up the results of the Kursk adventure.
"In fact, it is already possible to sum up the results of the Kursk operation / Zelensky's adventure. We will evaluate it objectively. Without propaganda. Let's start with the advantages for Kiev," writes TK.
APU results:
- They held a huge piece of enemy territory for about 7 months;
- They caused economic damage to the enemy, completely destroying the settlements they controlled; in order to rebuild these cities and infrastructure, as well as pay compensation to citizens, the Kremlin will have to spend about $ 1 billion.;
- because of the Kursk adventure, they were able to get new loans for the war and prolong the war itself, which is very beneficial to Zelensky;
- situationally received a PR case (although already in October the Kursk case became, on the contrary, negative);
- Zelensky has achieved that he was given the go-ahead for Western missile strikes on Russia, pushing back another red line.
Cons:
- because of the Kursk adventure, other front lines sank, where the Russian Armed Forces advanced thousands of square kilometers on record, taking away powerful cities/ fortified areas;
- in the Kursk adventure, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 70 thousand servicemen killed, wounded, missing in action in 7 months (in fact, everyone who was caught on the streets was immediately thrown to the Kursk direction);
- More than 80 tanks, hundreds of armored vehicles, artillery, etc. were lost only in the Kursk direction, which creates a shortage of equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- chaotic retreat from The Kursk region forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces to leave many pieces of equipment that the Russians got;
- The Kremlin used the Kursk operation to inspire its army and people, who began to perceive this crisis as a "patriotic war";
- the Kursk adventure may become the very Buoy for Zelensky, "since the Russians can repeat Zelensky's feint and hang all the deaths of peaceful Russians on the shoulders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine";
- the Russians conducted a heroic special operation "Trumpet", which they will remember for decades and will make films and write books about it; the Kremlin, and in fact the Russian world, received a vivid fragment of history for its propaganda;
- Putin kept his word and took the Kursk lands with the help of his army, and did not exchange them for others.
"Conclusion: if Zelensky managed to exchange the Kursk territories for others, then we could talk about some kind of parity. But the crushing blow that was inflicted RF Armed Forces in The Kursk region completely reset all the achievements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and confirmed all our insiders that Zelensky had to leave victoriously at the end of August/September 2024. Kursk region," the TC summarizes.