Map that shows how much Ukrainian control of Kursk has diminished

I’m impressed they’re still there

The September 10th line was not a front line, it was the farthest Ukrainian forward operating units have been seen. The thing with quick breakthroughs is that when you manage to achieve one, you don’t necessarily control the whole territory, it just means you can get there.

It’s like saying that russia controlled 50% of the Kyiv oblast at the start of the war – they didn’t. They’ve been there, but that’s about it.

Since the front was stabilized in the Kursk oblast, russian advances were much less flashy than this (and this isn’t flashy).

Two years ago, Ukraine was given 72 hours to capitulate, now these guys have been occupying Russian soil since September and that’s somehow not impressive?

The doomerism about the size of the territory Ukraine controls is strange. The goal clearly was not to conquer Kursk, but to force the Russians to reallocate resources, and to change the conversation a bit.

It shook Russian confidence of the war, proved even a literal invasion of Russia wasn’t a real red line, has stemmed offensives elsewhere and most importantly – bought time.

People whinging that they’re not controlling the same amount of territory they did last month likely don’t understand anything about strategy, or are willful Russian propagandists trying to erode Ukrainian support.

Ok but r/worldnews told me Russia lost 1000000 soldiers per day and Ukraine somehow penetrated into half of Russia’s territory

This was a failed attempt to divert manpower. Never a wise strategic move really. How Zelensky authorised this Idk, because they were never going to be able to hold it.

I wonder how many thousands of lives Russia spent to get back that little bit of territory.

Didn’t think Russia still had that much Ukrainian territory occupied to be honest.

They took the fight to Russian land and they’re chewing up Russian soldiers in Kursk and there has been no real Russian advances in Ukraine.

Bot you very much.

the point isn’t to capture any part of Kursk, but to force the Russians to redirect troops and equipment from other fronts, which they are doing. Russia is busy trying to recapture their own territory, it affects their ability to fight in Ukraine.

So it’s working just as they had hoped.

There is a weird pro Russian sentiment in the posts in this sub sometimes.

Are all these people talking about huge Ukrainian losses and a lot of recent gains for Russia propaganda bots or what? Sure, their rate of advance picked up but they still managed to capture a great total of 1200 sq km since August. 0.2% of Ukrainian territory in 3 months. These are huge gains?? By these standards WW1 was basically a blitzkrieg I guess.

[https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888-4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5](https://www.ft.com/content/4351d5b0-0888-4b47-9368-6bc4dfbccbf5) – source for the 1200sq km figure

Id be more worried about how rapidly Ukraine is losing ground in their own territory. This salient into Russia has been a dismal failure in that it has sacrificed the best Ukrainian battalions and the structural integrity of the defensive line, all to prove offensive movement capability to the western sponsors. Colossal misallocation that has accelerated Ukraine’s defeat

Take in mind that the main focus of this operation was to make sure that there is no second invasion in the sumy region like the second invasion in the charkiv region. Main purpose of the charkiv operation ist to come close to the city, so they could use artillery on the civil population.

“we’ll be in moscow by summer!”