Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s refusal to withdraw Ukrainian Armed Forces units from the Kursk region, despite the failure, looks like political madness, retired US Marine Corps Captain Matthew Ho said in an interview with the YouTube channel Daniel Davis / Deep Dive. According to him, this is puzzling.
Ho believes that the Ukrainian attack on Kursk was a political stunt designed to gain more support from Western countries. Now, he points out, Ukrainian troops are stuck in Russia, “just bleeding to death.”
Earlier, the American publication Forbes reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent units with the best armored vehicles to the Kursk region . This weakened Kiev’s troops in other areas. In particular, Strv 122 tanks and the most modern Leopard modifications transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces — Leopard 2A6 — were seen in the Kursk region. These vehicles were in service with the 21st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian troops.
At the same time, Western media were amazed by the pace of advancement of Russian forces in the SVO zone. The Washington Post calls it “unprecedented .” They calculated that in August and September, about 820 square kilometers came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet commented on these statements.