Ukrainian forces in Kursk are readying for a long fight and may plan to 'bleed' the Russians just like in Ukraine, expert says

Tech Insider
Soldiers get medical treatment inside a vehicle
Medics provide assistance in a vehicle in Russia's Kursk region in August 2024.

Kommersant Photo/Anatoliy Zhdanov via REUTERS

Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia can't attack and defend at the same time, former US ambassador says

Tech Insider
Soldiers in a military truck as a column of the Russian Armed Forces move to build up forces conducting active combat operations in Russia's Kursk region on August 10, 2024.
Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia has 'limited capabilities,' Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO, said.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

Ukraine may be trying to attack a new area of Russia to show allies it can regain the initiative — but it could backfire, experts say

Tech Insider
Ukrainian forces during military operations in Kursk region, Ukraine, on August 20, 2024.
Ukraine may have attacked a Russian region next to Kursk (pictured) to show its allies it can regain the initiative, experts say.

95th Air Assault Brigade/Handout via REUTERS

Russia's messy response to Ukraine's invasion is exposing the weaknesses still plaguing its army

Tech Insider
Three soldiers stand by a bent-over destroyed sign that says
A destroyed border checkpoint with the sign "Ukraine" and "Russia" on August 16, 2024 in Sudzha, Russia.

Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

NATO member says Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows just how hollow the Russian war machine is

Tech Insider
Russian President Vladimir Putin leaving after attending the opening ceremony of the last phase of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg motorway.
Sweden's foreign minister Tobias Billström said that Ukraine's shock invasion of Kursk is "devastating for the Putin regime."

Contributor via Getty Images

Ukraine's invasion of Russia would be going even better if the West ended its weapons restrictions, war experts say

Tech Insider
Two Storm Shadow missiles just after they were dropped from a jet over brown fields.
Ukrainian air-force footage showing the launch of a Storm Shadow missile.

YouTube/Ukrainian Air Force

Russia is going to have a tough time trying to take Kursk back from Ukraine, says CIA deputy director

Tech Insider
Ukrainian soldiers preparing a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells.
"I think our expectation is that that will be a difficult fight for the Russians," CIA deputy director David Cohen said on Wednesday.

Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

Videos of Russian soldiers appearing to surrender en masse suggest inexperience and desperation, experts say

Tech Insider
A still from a video shows Russian solders firing a large self-propelled gun, causing a large explosion.
Russian soldiers fire a Giatsint-S self-propelled gun toward Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region of Russia.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP

Russia is barely using one of its best weapons against Ukrainian forces in Kursk because it's scared to hit itself, war expert says

Tech Insider
Image of a FAB-500 bomb taken from a Russian Su-34 bomber.
A Russian Su-34 bombers with a FAB-500 bomb.

Russian Defense Ministry/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Russia is putting up a stiffer fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers, says Ukrainian commander

Tech Insider
A Ukrainian soldier behind a tree after hearing the sound of a drone in the town center of Sudzha, Russia, on August 16, 2024.
A Ukrainian soldier behind a tree after hearing the sound of a drone in the town center of Sudzha, Russia, on August 16, 2024.

Taras Ibragimov/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Subscribe to kursk