Russian President Vladimir Putin ruffled some feathers inside his own country this weekend when he appeared to dismiss the recent Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk Oblast inside of Russia as having had “no effect” on the overall war. He insisted that the primary objective of the war had been to retake and fortify annexed lands, primarily in the eastern Donbas region, and that Ukraine’s actions in Kursk had actually hastened Russia’s success there. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s top military commander was marched out to counter those claims, saying that the invasion of Kursk was “working” and that Russia had made no new advances in the eastern oblasts. All of this is part of a public relations campaign more than any of the actual battles taking place, but it demonstrates that the situation in Ukraine remains complicated and there still doesn’t appear to be any path toward a negotiated peace…
Meh, Kursk Wasn’t That Important Anyway – HotAir
