“I find that maps are easier to read than the minds of men.” As do most of us 🤣 You sir, have a gift for understatement!
The larger issue is one we cannot know from here - what the actual objective of the operation really is (the end state if you will). As alluded to by others, the Ukrainian armed forces do not have the strategic reserves to continue the Kursk offensive and hold on elsewhere. If this is a raid, they had best get on with this and, as you advise, conduct a retrograde before the Russian God of War intervenes.
Any thoughts about the timing and significance of this current incursion west of Kursk as it relates to history? Volumes have been written about the "battle of Kursk" July and August of 1943. A Tactical Notebook refresher might be an interesting read!! To this observer, this does seem like a bite and hold operation, whilst repositioning of available reserves and front line forces. But, it does not appear from public accounts that the Ukraine has the ability to exploit the operation further. One positive for the Ukraine might be unsettling the Russian population writ large. On the other hand, perhaps a momentary popularity boost to the President of the Russian Federation, in terms of resolve to see this fight through to whatever ends he/the RF seek to achieve. One wonders if this conflict of choice for the Russian Federation is truly ill advised, or that it achieved the ends of "acquiring" the territories of the eastern Donbas.
I suspect that the connection between the location of present-day battle and that of 1943 offers a slight benefit to the Russians. You can imagine a senior NCO giving a pep talk. "Listen up lads! We are not going to go down in history as the unit that lost the Second Battle of Kursk. Got that? And yes, Private Strelkov, I am looking at you."
Oh faint! Too funny but brilliant! As mentioned here as well if a “raid” then it’s a big one, get in, get out and don’t brag for lords sake. The RF NCO’s AND Private Strelkov might hold a grudge.
“I find that maps are easier to read than the minds of men.” As do most of us 🤣 You sir, have a gift for understatement!
The larger issue is one we cannot know from here - what the actual objective of the operation really is (the end state if you will). As alluded to by others, the Ukrainian armed forces do not have the strategic reserves to continue the Kursk offensive and hold on elsewhere. If this is a raid, they had best get on with this and, as you advise, conduct a retrograde before the Russian God of War intervenes.
"You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run ..."
Another development: https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russia-withdraws-some-forces-from-ukraine-in-response-to-kursk-invasion-c0a11eee?st=rd1rj7rs6lpw0g0&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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Any thoughts about the timing and significance of this current incursion west of Kursk as it relates to history? Volumes have been written about the "battle of Kursk" July and August of 1943. A Tactical Notebook refresher might be an interesting read!! To this observer, this does seem like a bite and hold operation, whilst repositioning of available reserves and front line forces. But, it does not appear from public accounts that the Ukraine has the ability to exploit the operation further. One positive for the Ukraine might be unsettling the Russian population writ large. On the other hand, perhaps a momentary popularity boost to the President of the Russian Federation, in terms of resolve to see this fight through to whatever ends he/the RF seek to achieve. One wonders if this conflict of choice for the Russian Federation is truly ill advised, or that it achieved the ends of "acquiring" the territories of the eastern Donbas.
I suspect that the connection between the location of present-day battle and that of 1943 offers a slight benefit to the Russians. You can imagine a senior NCO giving a pep talk. "Listen up lads! We are not going to go down in history as the unit that lost the Second Battle of Kursk. Got that? And yes, Private Strelkov, I am looking at you."
Oh faint! Too funny but brilliant! As mentioned here as well if a “raid” then it’s a big one, get in, get out and don’t brag for lords sake. The RF NCO’s AND Private Strelkov might hold a grudge.