Russian Forces Seize 40% of Chasiv Yar, Ukrainian Defense at Risk

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1. Well, at least Ukraine siezed a bunch of villages around Kursk and established control over strategic shopping mall of Pyaterochka.

2. I hope Ukraine has a plan other than a dumpster fire collapse of their front. People keep saying because it took Russia as long as it did to seize what they have in the East Russian progress will remain linear and slow. That’s not exactly how things work when an interdependent system of logistics and fortifications unravels.

   Ukraine learned a hard truth in Kursk. Mainly, that political pressure just isn’t a thing in Russia. The only opinion that matters is Putin’s at all times and in all situations. Kursk is starting to look a lot less strategic and a lot more tactical for Ukraine. It’s still one of the best things they could have done but they aren’t getting the big prizes out of it.

3. It’s insane that Russia built the Surovikin line but Ukraine really failed to do it. It has shown its strength.

4. Entire front line in Donetsk region seems to crumble..

5. Crazy how quickly that whole front is collapsing.

6. FORBES — If Ukraine’s Invasion Of Russia’s Kursk Oblast Was A Diversion, It Has Failed

   Russian troops advanced into the village of Novohrodivka in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. That puts them within five miles of Pokrovsk, a main objective of Russia’s nearly yearlong eastern offensive. The Ukrainian military doesn’t have many extra troops to deploy to the Pokrovsk front. Many of the spare brigades it had a month ago are now participating in Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

   Ukrainian leaders are finally beginning to grasp the urgency of the balance of forces on the Pokrovsk axis. “The situation is extremely difficult,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky conceded on Wednesday.“The offensive in the Kursk region not only failed to prompt the redeployment of some Russian forces from Donetsk, but also exacerbated the shortage of [Ukrainian] personnel in the region,” the pro-Ukraine Conflict Intelligence Team [concluded](https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-aug-26-28-2024).

   Instead of rushing its best troops into Kursk to blunt the Ukrainian advance, the Kremlin scraped together a motley counter-invasion force, including many young and poorly trained conscripts. These reinforcements have slowed but not halted the Ukrainian invasion. More importantly for Russian strategy, they’ve allowed the Kremlin to keep its eastern forces intact.

7. And this here is why the Kursk attack was such a massive risk. Honestly, what strategic value did it have? Maybe it’s too soon to tell but the eastern front’s crumbling has been accelerating for a month or two now.

8. Come on, Sullivan!!!