Why did Ukraine launch its ‘secret operation’ into Russian territory?

Military Analyst, Sean Bell, examines why Ukraine launched its “secret” and “surprise” operation into Russian territory.

He said that from a military perspective you usually “focus on main effort” which would have been in the Donbas but Ukraine’s reasons were more to “undermine Putin’s position”.

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37 comments
  1. This was trump's Idea all the way, he spoke to Zelensky 10days before the Zelensky went into Kursk, told he to grab something that was worth negotiation. Trump's 💡💡 idea

  2. Majority of Ukrainians would like an election instead of a dictator. The UK went to war in 1939 to remove a dictator. In 2024 they voted for a dictator what a disaster. Now the UK is shafting the Jewish community.

  3. Less propaganda (both sides) and more peace please (both sides). But yeah Russia should return the annexed territories including Crimea and pay for its war crimes and moreover Ukraine is clearly losing the war, so that will take some time. Russia’s standing and standard of living has in any case been reversed 30 years backwards with that dumb leader and his idiotic supporters. The tempted anti-Western path with some corrupt Africa nations is going nowhere. China (except grabbing some natural resources), India and Brazil are not really interested in the Russian agenda. Russia hasn’t understood that the West is not an enemy.

  4. 17 Russian vehicles advanced on Kurakhove and were hit by drones near Heorivka, Donetsk,only 4 made it back ,lots of the crews and support troops also taken out.

  5. i honestly dont understand all this talk about lifting restrictions for deep strikes. Macron and the british government have long allowed storm shadow missiles to be used on russian territory.

  6. I think it was mainly to divert Russian troops from the East and create a buffer zone, as there was a lot of speculation an attack on Sumy was coming. Optimistic objective maybe to undermine Putins support among the Russian people. Also if they can hold it, maybe trade it for return of Ukrainian territory. By the way as a westerner I think there are still some in the West who think of Russia more as a market and source of raw materials than a threat. Complacent 1990s thinking needs to stop,

  7. What happened to this 'expert's' confident predictions that Ukraine would win about a year ago? Was he totally wrong, or not? Why is he referring to Zelensky as 'president'? He might as well refer to Boris Johnson as PM since elections obviously don't matter to this champion of liberal democracy

  8. Trump will use the same move he did in Afghanistan: He gave Afghanistan to the terrorist Taliban, he will give Ukraine to terrorist Russia and then falsely take a victory lap and gaslight the world.

  9. The kursk operations seems to have been a wasted effort since Russia didn't take the bait and divert troops from areas to stop the Ukrainian advance into Russia.

  10. Kursk has Russia humiliated, all Russian channel's can't believe they have been invaded. Why can't the mighty Russia push them out?..they ask. They don't know.

  11. I'm worried about the unemployment figures going up when this war is over. All the prupagunda swallowers of skynews spouting how russia is using shovels etc will have no jobs left

  12. Perhaps Bell is a bit thick, remember when the Russians were losing, using human meat wave attacks with only shovels for weapons?🥸

  13. More Russians will support Putin bcz he will push back and NATO lead invasion . Thts how Russian will see it. Ukraine got this totally wrong

  14. "Russia largely are not aware that they at war with Ukraine". Russian people are not stupid and are fully aware that they are in a war with Ukraine. What a ridiculous comment 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

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