Comments by "Joshua Paul" (@joshuapaul2022) on "Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics" channel.

Both Zelenskyy and Sirsky are heavily invested in this failed Kursk misadventure, so they are just reinforcing the failure as they did in Krinki, Bakhmut or a failed Zelenskyy offensive in 2023. It's their usual pattern. They kept Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut when all escape routes were under Russian fire control and it turned into a senseless slaughter. But they didn't stop even at that, after May 20, when Russians took Bakhmut they launched for months wave after wave of suicidal attacks in a futile attempt to recapture Bakhmut. I remember even NYT called it an obsession. Currently we see a cumulative effect of an attrition strategy implemented by Russians. For a long time it seems nothing changes on the map, but then we see rapid collapse. "The main object of operations should not be the territory, but the enemy's army. If the army runs out, the territory will come by itself. " Helmut von Moltke Senior. This war proved once more that old Moltke was right. Zelenskyy troops in Pokrovsk area (Pokrovsk is a key logistical hub that Zelenskyy is about to lose) mostly consist of hapless cannon fodder kidnapped off the streets. They are totally disorganized and demoralized.
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@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl It's costly in both personal and equipment. Ukrainian troops are completely exposed to Russian strikes outside of defensive positions. Losses in air-defense systems, HIMARS and armored vehicles can be called catastrophic, because they can't be realistically replaced.
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