” Kursk Offensive” is too grand for Ukraine’s shock invasion of Russian territory 10 days ago, but” Raid on Kursk” does n’t do it justice — so for now I’m going with” Kursk Surprise” because the Ukraine Army ( UA) continues to do just that. Today’s great news is that UA makes bagged just over 100 Captives in their biggest-ever one-day taking to replenish” the trade account”.
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According to Kyiv, a Security Service device operating in the Kursk area” took 102 Captives into a sprawling under difficult” with” a lot of ammunition and supplies.” Why, under those circumstances, so many people gave themselves to a smaller protection force remains a secret.
It had to be a fluke, so do n’t read too much into it.
Is Kyiv’s state to have taken 102 POWs plausible? Properly…
I created two general guidelines for handling says brought by Kyiv or Moscow. When Kyiv claims to own captured or killed X amount of Russians, multiply , X by 0.75 to get something closer to the actual amount. The truth is possibly more like 75 if they claim 100.
When Moscow claims to own taken or killed Y Ukrainians, count Y by 0.25 to get something more accurate. For Moscow’s says, 100 does get you 25.  ,
There’s no rule of thumb for calculating the correct number of losses Russia has taken, based on Moscow’s says. They are more disconnected from reality than Anna Nicole Smith on a morphine and rum binge.
Some elements of the Kursk Surprise are going as expected, as the latest Ranks estimates show:  ,
The Ukrainian store Suspilne  reported on August 14 that resources in the Russian military claimed that the pace of Russian advances in Kursk Oblast has slowed as a result of the growing Russian opposition in the direction of Kursk City. Russian intelligence officers claimed that unknown Russian troops are arriving from unknown locations and are establishing contacts with Russian models already present in the area and that Russian forces are eventually stabilizing the front in Kursk Oblast.
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The first jolt has dissipated, Russian reinforcements are stationed, and are organized, and as a result, those quick advances have slowed down a bit.  ,
Other parts of the story do n’t go as planned, which is why I’ve stopped seeing this as a simple raid.
General Syrskyi reported on the successful surrender of the Russian army to the village of Sudzha. A Russian military commandant’s business is being established that today”, said Volodymyr Zelenskiy, after receiving a lecture from the commander in chief of Ukraine’s military forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, on Thursday.
The natural gas pipeline into Western Europe is metering place Sudzha for Gazprom. Sudzha is still a useful part of network real estate despite the fact that Europe’s dependency on Russian power supplies has decreased significantly over the past two years.
And that, the UA is establishing foundations there.
” Fascinating”, as Spock would state with an arched eye.  ,
One last thing — a quick lesson on how to read ( or not read ) the news. Consider it with all a grain when you see the headline” Putin facing revolt as Kremlin’questes leadership’ over the degrading Ukrainian invasion.”  ,
Second, because it comes from the UK Express, a very famous magazine. Second, the single source (!!! ) for the screaming title was Abbas Gallyamov, a Putin staffer from 2008-2012. Gallyamov has n’t worked for Putin in a dozen years and was never involved in making policy.  ,
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I hope this helps.
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