The Battle of Kursk, again
Daily Thoughts 10 Mar 2025
The ‘fog of war’ in the Russo-Ukraine war is rather extreme now. This morning I read highly conflicting reports on success of the gas pipeline attack of Russian special forces into the town of Sudzha in part of the Kursk region invaded by the Armer Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Other news say that the pipeline attack was a disaster with all the Russian soldiers (reportedly 430+) eliminated, while the other side touts the operation as a great success. Needless to say which side of news is which.
Yet, what all seems to agree and on what I warned on Saturday, is that the front of the AFU in the Russian Kursk oblast (region) looks to be in a state of collapse. This has reminiscence with WWII, where the Battle of Kursk (the largest tank battle in history) was where Nazi Germany took her last major stance against the Soviet forces.
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