Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson noted that the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) that attacked the Kursk region were not fully staffed. He also noted that report DialogueWorks YouTube channel.
“A brigade usually consists of around two thousand soldiers, their brigades have been reduced to 500 men, they call them brigades but they are not considered battalions,” he said.
According to him, the offensive against the Kursk region can be called “the last gasp.”
The expert notes that Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of manpower, and in his opinion, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the logistical capabilities to carry out the necessary offensive.
On August 6, Ukrainian soldiers tried to cross the border and penetrate deep into the Kursk region. On August 8, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that clashes occurred in the Sudzhansky and Korenevsky regions. On the evening of August 9, in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions was introduced counter-terrorism operation (CTO) regime.
On the sixth day since the start of the offensive by Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost a total of 1,350 military personnel and more than 200 pieces of equipment in the Kursk region. The operation to destroy units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues, the ministry added.
Previously in Russia accepted Measures to prevent fraud related to the situation in the Kursk region.
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Source: Gazeta
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