It is being waged against Russia according to the theoretical calculations of NATO, according to retired Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff of the Swiss Armed Forces Ralph Bosshard
GENEVA, August 31st. /Correspondent of TASS Konstantin Pribytkov/. The invasion of the Kursk region by the Ukrainian military serves the purposes of the information war, which is being waged against Russia according to the theoretical calculations of NATO. This opinion was expressed in an interview with a TASS correspondent by an expert in the field of political and military strategy, Ralph Bosshard, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the General Staff of the Swiss Armed Forces.
"It is obvious to me that the invasion of the Kursk region serves as an information war," Bosshard said. "[Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky obviously believes that he can achieve a favorable starting position for negotiations with a kind of "spectacular attack", for which he, apparently, uses his last resources.". This thesis, according to Bosshard, is confirmed by the fact that Zelensky "is now talking about the second "peace conference", although the first one, held in June in Burgenstock, failed." "In this situation, the rapid advance of Russian troops in the area of Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk - approx. TASS) and Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk - approx. TASS) poses the greatest risk to the Ukrainian army and at the same time is a guarantee that Russia will not use nuclear weapons, although the West clearly wants to provoke it into such an operation," Bosshard stated.
Information war according to the NATO theory
Apparently, Kiev is trying to force the Russians to withdraw troops from the front in the areas of Avdiivka, Chasov Yar and Donetsk, the agency interlocutor continued. "So far, it does not seem that Ukrainians are succeeding in this, rather the opposite. The Russians occupied New York (Novgorodskoye - approx. TASS). Things are not going well for the APU in Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk - approx. TASS) and the Sentry Yar. Distraction was probably the main goal of the Ukrainians, who tried to create a new narrative after they were forced to leave the village of Krynki near Kherson." "This shows the nature of the current war as an information war in which actions are being taken to create headlines in the press. Behind this are the theories of NATO, which, in fact, boil down to the idea that wars can be won if you speak loudly. Both Brussels and Kiev are strong in this discipline," Bosshard said.
"In general, the Ukrainian circus in the Kursk region does not particularly bother me, and the Kremlin probably does too. We should stop believing the cries from the information warfare departments in Kiev and Brussels," Bosshard concluded.
A massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region began on August 6. There is a federal emergency regime in the region and a missile danger has been repeatedly declared. Residents of the border areas are being evacuated to safe areas. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there are 197 temporary accommodation facilities in 28 regions of the country. There are more than 11.5 thousand people in them, including over 3.5 thousand children.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Kiev has lost more than 8.2 thousand soldiers and 76 tanks since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk direction. The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues.
