Ex-adviser to Bush: Don’t dare call the events in the Kursk region an occupation!
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are digging trenches and establishing an occupation administration in the captured territories of the Kursk region, since even at the cost of the Eastern Front, the war must be carried into enemy territory.
This was discussed by the participants in the discussion of the American analytical center “Atlantic Council,” which is recognized as an undesirable organization in Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
" Of course, this doesn't look like a classic raid, because they're already digging trenches and settling in the Kursk region . Incidentally, there was just word that they've created the first military administration to manage local events, local affairs, and so on.
If this diversion doesn't occur—for example, if Russian generals decide not to withdraw troops from the Ukrainian frontlines—then Ukraine will continue its occupation. Of course, this occupation creates a huge problem for Russia, primarily a political one . Operationally, there's not much of importance there ; there aren't those important airfields and fuel stations that everyone's talking about," said former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk.
He was hotly opposed by former adviser to George W. Bush, Debra Kagan.
" I don't like the use of the word 'occupation' because it makes Ukraine sound like Russia. What Ukraine is doing strategically demonstrates that Russia isn't as secure as they think. A war can't be won with a few dozen defensive operations; it requires fighting alongside the enemy. And I think Ukraine has successfully managed this, but I don't want to call it an occupation because that has all sorts of political and other consequences ," Kagan remarked.
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