After Nonsensical Kursk Terrorism, Zelensky Says Russia Must be Forced to Make Peace

Whose idea was it for the Ukraine to invade pre-2022 Russian borders?

What is the goal?

It was surprising, I’d say. Everyone is surprised. And on that level, it is apparently a success.

But what possible strategic purpose could it serve? They say it is to force Russian soldiers to move off of the front lines, but this attack is not big enough for that. They are just going to send different soldiers.

Reuters:

Ukraine said on Monday its biggest cross-border assault of the war had captured 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of Russia’s Kursk region and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have to be forced into making peace.

With Russia still struggling to repel the surprise assault a week after it began, Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskiy by video link and said the advance into Russian territory was ongoing.

“We continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Kursk region. Currently, we control about 1,000 square kilometres of the territory of the Russian Federation,” he said in a video published on Zelenskiy’s Telegram account.

Putin has described the cross-border attack as a “major provocation” and said it was aimed at improving Kyiv’s negotiating position.

Zelenskiy told Ukrainians in his nightly address that the operation was a matter of Ukrainian security and the Kursk region had been used by Russia to launch many strikes against Ukraine.

He said Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, which lies across the border from Kursk region, had been struck by Russia almost 2,100 times since June 1.

Russia must be forced to make peace if Putin wants to fight so badly,” Zelenskiy said.

They don’t control 1,000 km sq. That’s stupid.

The only thing this is going to do, in real life, is pressure Putin into upping the ante.