Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "RAPID Russian Advance in Kursk" video.

  1.  @gregoryfilin8040  Yes. Russia had many troops it couldn't use on foreign soil. I don't think Russia anticipated Ukraine making such a bold move, but I don't think it was left out of their calculations. I'm sure it inconvenienced them quite a bit, especially at first, but once the incursion began, they had plenty of untapped and hitherto untappable military resources to bring to bear. The area was soft because there wasn't a whole lot there to defend, and it was a waste of resources to try to beef up every meter of border, out of fear. They had the resources to stop the incursion, and they knew exactly what they were up against, once they were up against it. I don't think they had detailed plans what to do, but had confidence that such a move by Ukraine would be a mistake on Ukraine's part. A lot of garrison troops got a lot of training and battle experience who otherwise would have been drinking coffee and getting into trouble with local girls. I imagine they were unprepared at the outset, and rather easy to roll up. And then, as anyone with a brain would expect, they'd eventually fortify the territory ahead of the advance, stop the advance, and then, slowly, methodically, turn the tables. I think they could have done it more quickly, but it would have cost them a great deal more than it did.
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