Master Stroke or Misadventure: Ukraine’s Aims in Kursk Remain Unclear

Analysis Kyiv’s ongoing offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, now in its fourth week, has been hailed in the West as a potential game changer by bringing the war to Russia’s doorstep. But while Ukrainian forces have managed to establish control over a thin strip of Russian territory, the operation’s strategic objectives remain ambiguous. According to Andrew Corbett, a lecturer at the Defense Studies Department at King’s College London, the offensive’s main aim was to force Moscow to pull troops and equipment from the eastern front. “Tactically, the size and speed of the operation suggest it is designed to present dilemmas to the Russian commanders,” Corbett told The Epoch Times....