Ukraine seeks to destabilize Russian elites with surgery in Kursk region - Sky News

According to the former advisor to Vladimir Zelensky on foreign policy Igor Novikov, the breakthrough of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region had to show the West that escalation against the Russian Federation was a winning strategy of fighting. Ukraine wants to destabilize the Russian political top through surgery in the Kursk region. Former adviser to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on foreign policy Igor Novikov stated this by Sky News.

"The main purpose of this is to destabilize the Russian elites. Russia is not a monolith. It is obvious that there is Putin at the top, but there are many different power players, and we hope that it will awaken some of them to realize that Putin has gone too far," Said Novikov. According to him, the offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk region should cause pressure on Putin. "He (the offensive of the Armed Forces, ed.

), Had to show the West that escalation against Russia was a really winning strategy, and it should not be afraid. It is most of the time bluffing," Novikov said. He explained that the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region has significant psychological consequences, both for Ukrainians and Russians: Novikov emphasized that it is impossible to defeat Russia through a ordinary war, but asymmetric war gives Ukraine a chance to avoid defeat.

"Russia is much larger, has much more resources, and without full support from the event, for example, comprehensive support, Ukraine would eventually lose," Novikov stressed. We will remind, on August 17 Russian military bloggers reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were forced to retreat to the east bank of the river Seimas near the village of Totkino of Kursk region.