Ukraine shocks Russia with a surprise offensive into Kursk I Ukraine: The Latest, Podcast

"Is this my planned buffer zone? But why is it on my side of the border?": Vladimir Putin, self proclaimed master strategist.

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So, Russia has been threatening to do a Kharkov in this area and were meant to be assembling troops for it. The Ukrainians then had to have troops here if only to defend. Now the maxim is, the best form of defence is attack and the Ukrainians are attacking with what they had to have there anyway - they couldn't deploy it to the East.. Maybe they are setting up a moving ambush for Russian aviation (first on the scene) and then perhaps for other ground troops arriving piecemeal. It certainly creates problems for the Russians and a big political problem for Putin - it is being reported on Kremlin TV after all. The Russians can't not react.

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The podcast wasn't the same without Dom. Good to see him back.

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I think the disappointment with France was echoed in WW1 when the British lamented having them for allies and said they were much more used to fighting against them!

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To many analysts argue in the "to be expected thinking" .... doing the unexpected / not "logical" forces the Russian into hasted reaction. The immediate Russian response can only be via Airpower ..... so were are the F-16 waiting ?

I wonder if firing American weapons from inside Russia is different from firing them from Ukraine into Russia. What does Jake Sullivan think?

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My god, how desperate must be Putin, i'm sure he won't sleep well tonight.

Thankyou. A very clear explanation of the objective in Kursk was given elsewhere that uggests that this is a well planned tactical manoevre by Ukraine. It's difficult to see without a map for people unfamiliar with Ukraine. Ukrainian troops were built up in Kharkiv and are pushing back. Now troops enter from the north west Sumy region and breech russian defences weakky held by conscripts. The tiktok Kadyrov army retreats and the young Russian conscripts surrender or flee. In a panic russian jets are sent to bomb and that results in loss of their own soldiers as well. Now Russia has a problem as Ukraine is 10 klm inside Russia so they send troops from Kharkiv to Kursk. This weakens the Kharkiv offensive and Ukrainians push forward. On the map younsee clearly the Russian dilemma. They have Kharkiv south of Kursk and It becomes a pincer attack. Their Kharkiv offensive is sacrificed to defend Kursk whuch makes it easier fo Ukraine to re capture it and possibly keep moving to join the Ukrainian Kursk offensive. Russia is overstretched.

I hope in our lifetime we see a liberated Ukraine and a democratic Russia free from Putin.

Syrsky said in the Guardian article that Russia has 520,000 deployed in Ukraine and that shall rise to 690,000 by Q4 2024. Strongly suspect that once the AFU is destroyed in Kursk, 170,000 Russian forces shall be forward deployed in the Sumy region.

Congratulations to the people of Kursk who voted overwhelmingly (97%) to join Ukraine.

It makes sense to attack an area that is not heavily mined and is undermanned.

Francis, excellent point about that quote about "strong men". For a perfect counter, consider the USA, especially during WW2. Japan and Germany both dismissed the US as luxury-loving, decadent, and soft, to their eventual detriment.