““If we are currently fighting on the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, then when we leave, we will transfer these actions to the territory of the Sumy region of Ukraine””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, the command cannot transfer troops from the territory of Kurshchyna to other areas, because “it will be problematic.”
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“If we weaken that group, the enemy will have chances to advance even faster. This is the first. Secondly, a certain group has been created there, which today is probably sufficient to carry out such active actions, especially with our retreat. Next. If we are currently fighting on the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, then when we leave, we will transfer these actions to the territory of the Sumy region of Ukraine. And here the question arises that, roughly speaking, houses are burning not only in those Russian villages, but also in Ukrainian villages. And that’s why it’s clean from a military point of view,” Viktor Muzhenko explained.
At the same time, he calls the Kursk operation successful, pointing to the well-implemented principle of “suddenness”.
“However, in terms of politics and image, the operation worked quite powerfully. But there is a question (I already talked about it) regarding the format of this operation and the terms when it was carried out. I would count, I count, that perhaps we could get a greater result by conducting raids in this direction. As for the whole operation, it is difficult to say. Because, first of all, it is not finished yet. And the second is that we do not know what purpose this operation pursued, what goals were set there. Because there was such a range of these goals. And each of these goals has the right to life,” the general adds.
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According to the announcement of the Ukrainian General Staff, the Ukrainian army repelled 20 attacks by Russian forces in the Kursk direction over the past day.
In November, the Reuters agency, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian military source who works in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that due to Russian counterattacks, Ukraine had lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which it captured during hostilities in August. According to the source, Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region.