At the ongoing Eastern Economic Forum, Russia President Vladimir Putin said that the attack on Kursk by the Ukraine army did not cause panic, but made Russia society more united, and the Ukrainian army's attack on Kursk weakened the forces on the front line and accelerated the advance of the Russian army.
We do not comment on President Putin's words, as far as the current situation is concerned, Russia society is really not panicked, singing and dancing, and most Russians do not care about Kursk at all; However, if you want to say that the Russian army is accelerating its advance, it is also before, and now the Russian army not only did not advance, but was repulsed in some areas.
In an exclusive interview with CNN, the commander-in-chief of the Ukraine Armed Forces, Colonel-General Syrsky, said that the offensive of the Russia army in the Pokrovsk direction has stalled, and the Russian army has not made progress for nearly a week: it is the elite of the Russian army that attacked Pokrovsk, but it was also affected by the Ukrainian army's "invasion" of Kursk, at least one brigade was transferred from Pokrovsk to Kursk, plus limited reserves were also transferred to Kursk, Now the Russian army lacks enough troops to continue to maintain the high-intensity offensive that has been carried out at great cost before.
Some analysts pointed out that after being unable to continue the costly high-intensity offensive, the Russian army changed its tactics in Pokrovsk, and the main force was no longer placed on the front line, but tested the weak point of the Ukrainian army's defense line with small forces; The Ukrainian army launched a counterattack, recaptured the village of Halisinivka, closed the crossing of the Vovcha River, and also surrounded the Russian army in Selidovo.
Similarly, because the Russian army on the front line was transferred to Kursk, the Ukrainian army successfully counterattacked in Kharkiv and "New York" and other places, and in Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army recaptured its positions northeast of Lipch;
In "New York", the Ukrainian army recaptured its positions in the northwest of "New York" and repelled the Russian army that had invaded the Nepilivka area, reopened the Ukrainian army with the "New York" phenol plant, where the Ukrainian army was surrounded by the Russian army for almost three weeks, successfully avoiding the fate of being annihilated or captured by the Russian army, all heroes.
However, the Russian army resumed its offensive on Vuhledar a few days ago and is said to have penetrated the southern part of Vuhledar, but it has not yet been confirmed. Some videos of the Russian army's attack taken by Ukrainian drones have appeared on the Internet, Russian infantry launched an attack near Vulendar on motorcycles, lacking the support of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and since these Russian motorized infantry were discovered by Ukrainian drones, they are naturally more than lucky, and Ukrainian drones, artillery and front-line infantry successfully eliminated them.
In Kursk, as usual, Ukraine's forces continue to make slow progress and keep control of new settlements. It has been almost a month since the Ukrainian army "invaded" Kursk, and we have seen news that part of the Ukrainian army in the early stage of the "invasion" has been rotated to rest, but the Russian army still has not launched a decent counteroffensive, and it has not even effectively stopped the Ukrainian army from advancing.
The Ukrainian army can stabilize the situation on the front line and launch a counterattack, supported by many factors, Kursk's success in attracting the front-line Russian army must be the first to take credit, according to the information revealed by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the US media earlier, Kursk has attracted 60,000 Russian troops, in addition to the conscripts and militia, there is also the front-line Russian army drawn from the battlefield in Ukraine: the Ukrainian army is insufficient, and the Russian army is the same, so once the troops are transferred from the front, it will soon affect the changes in the battlefield, At least there were no longer enough infantry and heavy equipment to be sent to fill the line.
On social media such as Telegram and VK, the Russia Defense Ministry's recruitment advertisements have changed, with higher prices being offered, with a bonus of 2.3 million rubles immediately received as soon as the contract is signed, and the annual income is as high as 5.2 million rubles, but the situation does not seem to be getting better: Russia's Ministry of Defense reported a 30% drop in recruitment figures in July.
The war report released by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine shows that the Russian army has lost more than 620,000 people, and some Western governments and think tanks believe that the Ukrainian army has lost between 200,000 and 500,000 people, but the actual losses are likely to be higher, and the Ukrainian army has lost between 170,000 and 190,000.
This means that not to mention continuing to maintain a high-intensity offensive, even if it is just to maintain the defensive line, the Russian army needs to have a continuous and stable replenishment of personnel. After more than two and a half years of this war, the Far East, remote and impoverished areas and marginal groups have almost exhausted the resources that can be provided, and if you want to continue to maintain the superiority of troops, you may really have to carry out a general mobilization as Strelkov said, but the problem is that the "partial mobilization" in 2022 has left a deep impression on the Kremlin, and it has been repeatedly reiterated that there will be no new mobilization: Strelkov is thinking about the problem militarily, and the Kremlin is thinking about the problem politically, and it is necessary to look at the overall situation. Strelkov is really worse than the Kremlin and I don't know where.
Why, then, can't you recruit people with a high salary of 5.2 million rubles a year? This may be related to the fact that young people in Russia are smarter, note that the young people in Russia here refer to young people of ethnic Russia, especially young people in big cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg, these regions offer better recruitment conditions and more bonuses, but young people just don't want to go to Ukraine to participate in the "special military operation" to defend the motherland, the reason is simple:
What young people in Russia know more about this war, especially the losses of Russian troops on the front line; In addition, Russia is now facing a labor shortage, and if you find a job, you will earn a good income, and if you go to a military factory to make screws, the income will be higher; Even if you don't want to work, you would rather lie down than join the army, what happens to young people in other countries will also happen to young people in Russia.
Does Ukraine have similar problems? The answer is yes! Otherwise, there will be no shortage of troops in the Ukrainian army, moreover, Ukraine is still very different from Russia, Ukraine is very similar to the situation in western Russia, that is, in Europe, both face the problem of young people not wanting to be soldiers, so we can see more bearded soldiers in the Ukrainian army, and Russia can at least use the Far East and marginal poor areas of the military source, Ukraine does not have this condition, which is also the main reason why the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine amended the Military Service Law and lowered the lower age limit for conscription.
At the same time, Ukraine does not need the costly style of play of the Russian army, Syrsky also talked about this problem in an exclusive interview with CNN, "We cannot use their combat methods, so we must first use the most effective methods, maximize the use of our forces and means, make full use of terrain features, engineering structures, and also take advantage of technological advantages." "If you want to say who is more like Tsarist Russia, like the Soviet Union, Russia is obviously more like Ukraine.