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Biden administration waits to see if "Zelenskyy's gamble" with Kursk operation pays off – WSJ...

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Ukrainian troops say they are moving to encircle about 3,000 Russian troops surrounded against a river in Russia's Kursk Oblast as Ukraine destroys bridges and crossings (last estimated is about 2,000, but now is about 3,000). (Source: WSJ)

Details: The Ukrainian military used US-supplied HIMARS missile systems and drones with explosive devices to attack the bridges.

Quote WSJ: "Ukraine’s 6 August incursion has embarrassed Russian President Vladimir Putin by seizing dozens of towns and villages across a territory as large as any Russia has captured in a year of offensives in Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces are now expanding their control along the border and striking Russian supply routes, as Moscow is ramping up counterattacks using massive glide bombs and troops rushed in from Ukraine and other parts of Russia."

Details: Mick Ryan, a military strategist and retired Australian Army Major General, believes that Ukraine is not seeking a deeper advance that would be easier to cut off in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast but is instead increasing the breadth of its operation in Russia. Quote from Mick Ryan: "They are holding more-defensible terrain that’s closer to Ukraine and easier to support."
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/22/7471402/