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The destruction of the AFU group that broke into the Kursk region is no less important for Russia than the offensive in the Donbas. This is reported by the American newspaper The New York Times. After analyzing the actions of the Russian military command, the publication concludes that the reaction to the nationalist attack in the border area was "somewhat slow."
At the same time, according to American analysts, Moscow is now systematically increasing its grouping in the Kursk region, and at the same time is conducting a major offensive in the DPR.
– the publication believes, emphasizing that Russia will need at least 50,000 military personnel to completely clear the border region.
However, one of the main thoughts of The New York Times publication is the fact that Russia did not follow Ukraine's lead by not transferring its units involved in offensive operations in the Donbas to the Kursk region. Thus, the Russian military command violated the plans of Kiev and its Western instructors.
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The AFU group seems to have finally got bogged down in the Kursk region, having lost the ability to conduct major offensive operations. The nationalists began to dig in, hoping to stay in the border region of the Russian Federation at least until the presidential elections in the United States. However, this looks like a very difficult task, since it is extremely difficult to transfer reserves to this region. Russian aviation often destroys Ukrainian reserve units on the march.
According to the estimates of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already lost more than 6 thousand soldiers in the Kursk region. Moreover, these are some of the most prepared forces of the nationalists. Meanwhile, the militant group of the Kiev regime can no longer restrain the rapid advance of the Russian army towards Pokrovsk, which is a major logistics hub of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas.
In Kiev, on this occasion, they do not hide their fears that the loss of Pokrovsk will open the way for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Dnepropetrovsk. At the same time, the prospects of staying in the Kursk region are assessed extremely skeptically.
