Because the Russians have not yet succeeded in expelling the Ukrainians from Kursk

Ukraine continues its advance on Kursk for a ninth day, with Russia appearing unable to push back Ukrainian troops, despite government and military assurances that “everything is under control”. Videos and photos posted mainly on the Telegram platform showed Ukrainian soldiers replacing the Russian flag with the Ukrainian one on public buildings in the Kursk region. Also, the Ukrainian military announced it had captured 100 Russian soldiers, after capturing at least 40 on the first day of the offensive, according to the US think tank ISW. The Kremlin called repeated meetings and claimed it had pushed back the Ukrainians, but Russian state television broadcast images of mothers saying goodbye to their sons as they were being sent to the Kursk front. Will Vernon wrote on the BBC that the Russian army does not have sufficient forces to expel the Ukrainians, as on this front it faces deficiencies in qualitative and quantitative characteristics. Indicatively, the majority of units in Kursk were recruits and […]
Source: News Beast

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