The head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, refrained from answering the question about the impact of the operation in the Kursk region on the situation at the front and noted that it is quite tense and everyone understands this.
He said this on the air of a telethon, reports UNN.
When asked how the operation in Kursk region is currently affecting the situation at the front, Budanov replied:
I will refrain from answering. The situation at the front is quite tense, and everyone understands this
Budanov emphasized that, in his opinion, no one can question the fact that Ukraine needs to knock out the enemy. Also, when asked how long Russia is capable of continuing the war at the level it is currently fighting, Budanov replied: “Unfortunately, it is capable. In the volumes that it is now, it is capable.
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In September, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Russia was planning an offensive in Sumy region, but Ukraine was the first to attack the occupiers in Kursk region, reducing the threat of a Russian offensive and also moving the fighting to enemy territory.
Bloomberg reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia have already lost half of the captured territory, and by early spring 2025, the Ukrainian military may withdraw from Kursk region, as they risk being surrounded.