This is the first time Russian territory has been occupied since the second world war. It disproves the notion Kyiv should cede territory to achieve peace, says Orysia Lutsevych of Chatham House
This is the first time Russian territory has been occupied since the second world war. It disproves the notion Kyiv should cede territory to achieve peacehen video footage of the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region began appearing on social media, a joke started doing the rounds withwhat he should do about the German tanks rolling towards Kursk.
may not be a decisive battle in this war, but it radically changes the prevailing narrative about how it is being fought and how it might end. It strikes at the root of the Kremlin’s strategy, which has been to have the west “freely reason to a conclusion that Russia’s prevailing in Ukraine is inevitable and that we must stay on the sidelines”, according to the
The Ukrainian army is now deploying similar tactics. The events of the past 10 days have demonstrated that Ukraine can walk across Russian red lines with impunity. Officialreport that Russia has had to move some of its troops out of Donbas to stage a counterattack in Kursk. The offensive has also broken a taboo about the use of western kit inside Russia, which seems to be having an effect: theis reportedly considering providing long-range missiles to accompany the F-16 jets it has already sent.
Orysia Lutsevych is deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia programme and head of the Ukraine forum at Chatham House
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