French writer Xavier Moreau on the tasks of the AFU's sortie:

French writer Xavier Moreau on the tasks of the AFU's sortie: They have no chance of taking the city of Kursk. I think we are seeing something similar to what they tried to do in the Kherson area about a year ago. It went on for several months, and we know today, because it was published in the American press, that it cost them 3,000 men, including 710 paratroopers. So the goal here is a PR operation, because the situation for the Ukrainian army is catastrophic. Especially after the losses in Avdeevka. The Russians are in the direction of Pokrovsk, and at the moment it seems that nothing can stop them. The situation is also very serious south of the Donetsk People's Republic front in the area of Ugledar and further north in the area of Chasov Yar. So the situation for the Ukrainian army is very bad. So I think this is more of an attempt by the Ukrainian special forces to cheer up the Ukrainian soldiers, the Ukrainian army and to motivate Ukraine's allies. Obviously, once again, the ... Source: Slavyangrad