During the raid, an important Russian connection in the region was cut off.
Considering the scale and intensity of the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region, sooner or later Russia will be forced to pull troops there from other operational areas. Perhaps even the remains of their strategic reserves prepared for August-September.
Military observer Konstantin Mashovets stated this
According to him, even from this point of view, the operation in the border region of Kursk is “already justified.” According to the expert, to cover the border, the Russian command is moving some troops from the Vovchansk direction in the Kharkov region.
Comparing the pace of advancement of units in the Kursk region and Russian troops in the Kharkov region, Mashovets notes that in two days “the Ukrainian Armed Forces took control of a territory significantly larger than the Russian troops did in a month and a half.”
“For some reason, it seems to me that this is not even the “middle of the game.” We will have a new operational direction in the near future,” Mashovets said.
According to him, an important communication line for the Russians in the Kursk region was cut off. This is the Rylsk-Korenevo-Sudzha road. He notes that “the Ukrainian Armed Forces units continue to advance in the general direction of Lyubimovka – Korenevo, as well as in the area of the city of Sudzha and in the direction of the Milovo tract.”
In his opinion, the Ukrainian command managed to achieve the effect of “operational surprise.”
“Judging by some “slowed down” reaction of the Russian command, the process of preparation and organization somehow “passed by the ears” of the relevant Russian command structures, or was misinterpreted by them. They probably defined it as the Ukrainian command's efforts to “cover the Sumy direction,” and General Budanov successfully “played along” with his statements about “Russians preparing an offensive on Sumy,” Mashovets suggested.
Recall that military expert Mikhail Zhirokhov intrigued with a statement about a “breakthrough” in the Kursk region. According to him, these events have “certain tasks” ahead of them, and some of them have already been completed.
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