The Kremlin has continued to lie about the Ukrainian advance in Kursk Oblast and Western analysts have dismissed it as a tactical move to draw off Russian forces from Ukraine or to create a more favorable negotiation position for Kyiv in talks with Moscow, Vladislav Inozemtsev says.
But in fact, the Russian commentator says, this Ukrainian action has created “a new reality” in at least five major ways, one that affects not only the future of the Russian conflict with Ukraine but the future of Russia and its leaders as well (moscowtimes.ru/2024/09/04/i-nevozmozhnoe-vozmozhno-ili-pyat-parametrov-novoi-realnosti-a141168).
First, Inozemtsev says, the Ukrainian advance........