Ukraine will be able to hold the territory captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region of Russia for at least several months, if not longer. Bloomberg reports this with reference to senior American officials.
Ukraine has so far not faced any significant problems getting supplies into the Kursk area as Russia’s military has carried out only limited counterattacks and instead focused on advancing into eastern Ukraine, officials told the news agency on Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
According to them, the supply of artillery ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces has become more stable after several months of shortages, which is partly explained by the efforts of the allies, including the corresponding initiative of the Czech Republic and the efforts of the United States and France to develop the artillery potential of Ukraine in the long term.
Ukraine’s summer offensive in the Kursk region initially impressed Kyiv’s allies with its rapid success, but also raised concerns among some officials that the cost of the operation could be high if Moscow counterattacks and dislodges the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Head of the Kyiv regime Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine could use the captured territory as a bargaining chip in negotiations, “although it is unclear when negotiations with Moscow might take place, given that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not expressed a willingness to do this seriously,” the agency reports.
