"Waiting for a heavy struggle": Putin plans a counter -offensive to the Kursk region - CIA

CIA Deputy CIA David Cohen stated that Putin would have to recognize the fact of the front line in its territory and encounter the opinion of society about the loss of part of the territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to carry out a counter -offensive for the return of the territory of the Kursk region, which is under the control of the Ukrainian defense forces. The Russians are waiting for a "heavy battle", writes Reuters with reference to the deputy director of CIA David Cohen.

"We can be sure that Putin will make a counter -offensive to try to regain this territory," Cohen said. He added that Vladimir Putin "will not only have to recognize the fact that the front line of the front is now passing in Russia, which he will have to deal with, but also to face the opinion in his own society, that they have lost part of the Russian territory. " David Cohen added that in the future the success of Ukraine in Kursk "may change the dynamics of" conflict.

We will remind that one and a half week after the start of the breakthrough in the Kursk region the Ukrainian command reported on control of 1 250 square meters. km of Russian territory. In addition, it was possible to reach 100 settlements. 594 Russian soldiers were also captured, the commander said. Subsequently, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained the goals of special operations in the Kursk region.

According to him, the purpose of the raid in the Kursk region is not only to show the reality of the Kremlin force, but also to demonstrate that for Vladimir Putin the occupation of Ukraine is more important than protecting its own population. It should be noted that the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, through a breakthrough in the Kursk region, decided to pick up part of the units that are fighting on the southern front of the front in Ukraine.