Ukraine’s RISKY Kursk Invasion: A FATAL Mistake?

Ukrainian advances into the #Kursk region of #Russia have slowed without them being able to capture anything of note. Their invasion into the border region of Russia comprises largely cow country and Ukraine has succeed in capturing several farming villages and a small number of Russian prisoners but nothing of military significance . Meanwhile Russia continues to advance in the #Donbas toward #Pokrovsk and wisely, has not diverted any troops from the east to Kursk. Most analysts think Ukraine was seeking to get more leverage in upcoming peace talks but President #Putin, angered by the Kursk incursion, has removed negotiations off the table with #Ukraine. This makes this offensive seem all the more pointless. If Ukraine is eventually driven out or starts taking too many casualties, this offensive could prove to be the end of the war for Ukraine. This is what Austrian expert told German Magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. Asia Times believes that Ukraine may try to use its capture of the #Sudzha gas metering station as a way to blackmail Russia into exchanging some territory, but Ukrainian officials do not think this can work. In the end, with nothing to show for all this sacrifice in Kursk, the words of the former German Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck seem true: I have known many armies that have entered Russia but none have ever returned