Kyiv’s Kursk Miscalculation Looking Back at a Daring but Failed Incursion Into Russia and What It Cost Ukraine
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Kyiv’s Kursk miscalculation Looking back at a daring but failed incursion into Russia and what it cost Ukraine
A year ago this week, Ukrainian troops crossed into Russia’s Kursk region, beginning what would become one of the war’s fiercest and most prolonged battles, lasting more than seven months. Ukraine’s dramatic early gains eventually gave way to defeat, with long-term consequences reverberating across the armed forces. In part, this outcome was predetermined: the Kursk plan’s political and strategic aims proved naive, and the drawbacks outweighed t…
On 6 August 2024, the Ukrainian army launched an unprecedented offensive in Russian territory, taking control of part of the Kursk region for eight months. A year later, thousands of displaced Russian civilians still live waiting for housing, compensation or news of their missing relatives.
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