Ukraine was able to achieve many results with its operation in the Kursk region. But it is difficult to predict the further course of events.
Points of attention
- Jens Stoltenberg commends Ukraine's Defense Forces for taking control of Russian territory and inflicting losses on Russian troops in the Kursk operation.
- Despite significant success, the future course of events in the conflict remains unpredictable, with Russia deploying tens of thousands of troops to the Kursk region.
- Ukraine is navigating strategic challenges and aiming to draw Russian forces back to their own territory as part of the Kurshchyna operation, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy highlights the improvement in Ukraine's ability to respond to Russian projectiles following the withdrawal of Russian troops from certain regions.
- The conflict underscores the need for Ukraine to make difficult choices in deploying troops and determining appropriate military actions for self-defense against Russian aggression.
Stoltenberg gave a high assessment of the actions of the AFU in Kurshchyna
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on September 5 in Oslo.
Ukraine has achieved many results in its offensive on the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, but it is difficult to say how the situation will develop further.
Jens Stoltenberg
Secretary General of NATO
They (the Defense Forces of Ukraine — ed.) have achieved a lot. They managed to take control of Russian territory, inflict losses on Russian troops and demonstrate their ability to act.
At the same time, he added that war is unpredictable, so it is difficult to say what will happen next.
Only Ukrainians can make the difficult choices that need to be made, such as where to deploy troops and what type of military action is appropriate in this situation.
Stoltenberg stated that Ukraine has the right to self-defense, in particular to strike military targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Russia has transferred tens of thousands of its troops to the Kursk region
As the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said, the idea of the Kurshchyna operation was to draw Russian forces back to their own territory.
One of the goals of the Kursk operation is to withdraw their troops to their point, to their territory. Now I can already communicate it — they have withdrawn about 60,000 troops there today. They pulled away from some places where we were in trouble because we didn't have the same weapon packages.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy also said that previously Ukraine could respond with only 1 projectile to 12 Russian projectiles.
Currently, according to the president, after the withdrawal of part of the Russian troops from the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, in some areas the ratio of shells has become not 1 to 12, but 1 to 3.
