“The Ukrainian bridgehead in Kurshchyna is gradually declining, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently stated that all the goals of this operation were fulfilled. UA.News appealed to military experts to share their impressions of the Armed Forces Kursk campaign. Military expert Oleg Zhdanov believes that the goals of the Kursk operation were performed in part. Cannot be said about unambiguous success or not about”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The Ukrainian bridgehead in Kurshchyna is gradually declining, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently stated that all the goals of this operation were fulfilled.
UA.News appealed to military experts to share their impressions of the Armed Forces Kursk campaign.
Military expert Oleg Zhdanov believes that the goals of the Kursk operation were performed in part. It is impossible to say no unambiguous success, but not about a unambiguous failure.
“They are partially performed in relation to the purpose of the operation. In the near future, if we do not manage to keep at least a small part of the territory of the Kursk region, we will go from there. Operation performed military goals in terms of Russian troops. But political goals, unfortunately, are not … If the Russians can squeeze us out of Kursk, then Putin will return to the issue “Peace in exchange in the territory” one hundred percent. Today, our presence in the Kursk region deprives it of such opportunity.
Judging by the situation, our military leadership again did not cope with the task of planning and organizing combat. I mean a chaotic departure, an unexpected offensive of Russian troops – it became unexpected for us again. And so, most likely, we will not stay there for a long time and we will bring out our connections, ”Zhdanov says.
According to him, the Russians have already entered the Sumy region and are beginning to be fixed there. But the expert reassures: he does not expect a march of the Russian Federation for sums.
“There will be no hike to the amount. They do not have so much strength and means. But to create a few bridgeheads as in the area of the same Basivka, they will definitely try … Russians will try to realize the “Kharkiv event”. They created two bridges in Kharkiv and actually stopped. This option is very possible now in the Sumy region. But we may be able to stay along the border. If we solve the problem of Basivka and do not let the Russians be fixed there, then we can stay in the border, ” – summarized Oleg Zhdanov.
But the US Navy Captain retired Harry Tabakh that it is too early to discuss the results of the Kursk operation. In his opinion, there is still no clarity in this matter.
“Honestly, I still have no thoughts on it. Not everything is clear there, discussing and drawing conclusions is too early. And in general, it is not in a military: there should be no guessing. There should be a purpose and a combat mission. Performed or not fulfilled. Nobody but 2-3 commandants can know it … For the families of dead and wounded, no success, of course, is not. And we do not know the other side. All this will judge history. But in general, any war is already a failure, ”Tabakh said.
Earlier, President Zelensky stated that Kursk operation had fulfilled his mission.
