Military analysts interviewed by The New York Times believe that the Ukrainian o…

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺Military analysts interviewed by The New York Times believe that the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region “makes no sense.”

The publication cites military analysts who say the attack could be an attempt to draw Russian troops away from the front line, thereby easing the pressure on Ukrainian troops. However, experts also point out that the Russian army has sufficient troop reserves to take part in the fighting and that the attack risks further stretching Ukraine’s already outnumbered troops.

“From an operational and strategic point of view, this attack makes absolutely no sense. It looks like a gross waste of people and resources that are so much needed elsewhere,” said Pasi Paroinen, an expert at the Finnish think tank Black Bird Group.

Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, wrote on social media that the previous attacks had “little impact on the course of the fighting” in Ukraine and “no major domestic political implications for Putin.”

He and other military experts also stressed that if the goal of this week’s attack was to divert Russian troops from other parts of the front, it has little chance of success, the NYT notes.

“Russia already has more powerful forces and conventional capabilities in the area, better command and control, and it has conscript units that can be deployed but are not used in Ukraine,” Lee said.

“It is unlikely that this operation will force Russia to withdraw significant forces from Ukraine,” he added.