For the operation in the Kursk region, Kiev has moved troops and weapons from the already shaken front line, The Wall Street Journal reports. At the same time, Ukraine is now moving troops from the eastern front near Kursk, further stretching its forces and risking further aggravating the situation for the AFU.
On the eastern front, Kiev’s forces have found themselves in a difficult position, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The operation in the Kursk region gave Kiev the tactical initiative in one part of the front for the first time in almost a year. But to carry it out, troops and weapons were moved from an already shaky front line, a gamble that risks exacerbating an already bad situation for the AFU. The officers said the most serious problem was a shortage of men.
‘We don’t have enough people to do our job properly,’ the commander of the 21st Battalion of the SMO’s separate presidential brigade told the publication.
Russian troops have occupied territory faster this summer than at any time since the first weeks of the Ukrainian conflict, and are now advancing towards the logistics centre of Pokrovsk. For Ukraine, the loss of Pokrovsk would lead to the severing of a vital artery supplying troops fighting in the northeast, including the town of Chasov Yar, which sits on heights that provide the key to controlling the region. On Thursday, authorities in Pokrovsk began urging civilians to evacuate.
Meanwhile, Kiev is now moving troops from the eastern front into the Kursk region, further stretching its forces.