Kyiv’s Push Into the Russian Homeland Could Jeopardize Ukraine’s Operations in the East: General

The Ukrainians hoped to draw Russian forces away from the eastern front and toward their northern inclusion. Instead they risk dividing their manpower and resources.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, file
A Russian military column moves to fight Ukrainian forces in the Sudzhansky district of the ​​Kursk region in August 2024. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, file

BERLIN — Ukraine’s northern toehold at Kursk is tenable for now, but the incursion into Russia draws critical manpower and materiel from Donbas, exacerbating mounting pressure on that eastern front, a retired major general in the Australian Army, Mick Ryan, tells the Sun.

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