Nightmare in Donetsk as Ukraine’s Kursk Gamble Backfires

3 weeks into the surprising Ukrainian invasion of #Kursk and the front line is more or less stabilising. Ukrainians continuously attack but little gains have been made. further, their focus seems to have switched to clearing the territory they have captured and digging in. Meanwhile, despite General #Syrsky claims that the purpose was to divert #Russia from the #donbas, much to the contrary, the Russian advance has accelerated. Russia has advanced 4 km toward #selydove which was supposed to hold back their advance. More alarmingly, the Russians were able to capture #Novohrodivka in a matter of days, another town that was supposed to offer a stronger resistance. As it stands, the Russian army is a mere 3.5 km away from #Pokrovsk and #Myrnohrad. The situation has equally worsened in #Toretsk where the Russians are already in the southern outskirts of the city. Articles from Foreign Affairs and Forbes see the Kursk incursion as a failure with little to no military benefit. In my estimation, the Russians are sending only conscripts and reserves indicating that they are in no rush to push them out. Rather, they wish to fix the Ukrainian troops in Kursk so they're unable to reinforce their teammates in Donetsk.