"There was no choice": Syrsky explained the reasons for the decision of the Armed Forces Operation in Kurshchyna
The general says he had no choice, so he decided that he had to "perform this operation. " "I had to disrupt the offensive on Kharkiv at the same time, to take part of the pressure on all fronts and to prevent the opening of the new front on the amount. Therefore, I decided to lead the offensive where the enemy had a weak place, with a very small number of soldiers to protect the border," - said Syrsky.
According to the Committee, the operation in the Kursk region was carried out with the involvement of "relatively few Ukrainian troops". This made it possible to realize the idea, and the enemy did not "reach its goals. " Syrsky stated that thanks to the operation of the defense forces, the Russian offensive potential was weakened and the intensity of attacks was reduced, "except for Pokrovsk and Kurakhov.
" We will remind, Focus wrote that General Sirsky revealed the main tasks for the Armed Forces in the Kursk direction. In his opinion, the Armed Forces need to prepare reserves for battles in the Kursk region, and now Ukrainian fighters effectively destroy the dominant forces of Russians in the region. On December 17, The Economist wrote that the Armed Forces reflected half of the captured territory of Kursk region.