Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the Kursk region before Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday.
In his first television interview since becoming military chief in February, the general told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he believed the Kursk operation had been a success.
“It reduced the threat of an enemy offensive. We prevented them from acting. We moved the fighting to the enemy’s territory so that [the enemy] could feel what we feel every day,” Syrskyi said, in a rare interview that offered a candid assessment of the war.
Last month, Ukrainian forces stormed into Kursk in a cross-border incursion that caught even American officials by surprise. It signaled that, despite Russia’s advantage in terms of men and armor, its military has vulnerabilities.
In what is the most detailed explanation of the rationale behind the incursion, Syrskyi [outlined the key objectives of the operation](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/europe/ukraine-army-chief-kursk-incursion-exclusive-intl/index.html): to stop Russia from using Kursk as a launchpad for a new offensive, to divert Moscow’s forces from other areas, to create a security zone and prevent cross-border shelling of civilian objects, to take prisoners of war and to boost the morale of the Ukrainian troops and the nation overall.
Why do I find it weird that there’s an official CNN account, posting articles on CNN?
Hi CNN, I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you to go fuck yourself.
-Leftist who’s sick of your shit.
Bye!
Of all the questions Amanpour could have asked him instead she did her best to make it look hopeless for Ukraine. Jesus Christ I hate our media.
Mainstream media trying to stay relevant by dramatising every situation. The west does need a little of it’s own propaganda or we risk falling to the strong propaganda of the rising east. We have become too soft.
Umm ok so the reason is Russia moved 10k of its best to Kursk for an offensive, but all they found the first few days were conscripts and tik tok warriors? And those troops couldn’t respond quickly to the attack? That doesn’t add up.
6 comments
Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the Kursk region before Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday.
In his first television interview since becoming military chief in February, the general told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he believed the Kursk operation had been a success.
“It reduced the threat of an enemy offensive. We prevented them from acting. We moved the fighting to the enemy’s territory so that [the enemy] could feel what we feel every day,” Syrskyi said, in a rare interview that offered a candid assessment of the war.
Last month, Ukrainian forces stormed into Kursk in a cross-border incursion that caught even American officials by surprise. It signaled that, despite Russia’s advantage in terms of men and armor, its military has vulnerabilities.
In what is the most detailed explanation of the rationale behind the incursion, Syrskyi [outlined the key objectives of the operation](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/05/europe/ukraine-army-chief-kursk-incursion-exclusive-intl/index.html): to stop Russia from using Kursk as a launchpad for a new offensive, to divert Moscow’s forces from other areas, to create a security zone and prevent cross-border shelling of civilian objects, to take prisoners of war and to boost the morale of the Ukrainian troops and the nation overall.
Why do I find it weird that there’s an official CNN account, posting articles on CNN?
Hi CNN, I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you to go fuck yourself.
-Leftist who’s sick of your shit.
Bye!
Of all the questions Amanpour could have asked him instead she did her best to make it look hopeless for Ukraine. Jesus Christ I hate our media.
Mainstream media trying to stay relevant by dramatising every situation. The west does need a little of it’s own propaganda or we risk falling to the strong propaganda of the rising east. We have become too soft.
Umm ok so the reason is Russia moved 10k of its best to Kursk for an offensive, but all they found the first few days were conscripts and tik tok warriors? And those troops couldn’t respond quickly to the attack? That doesn’t add up.