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The obstacle to a ceasefire is NATO mainly USA
The plan is to sacrifice Ukraine to weaken Russia
NATO doesn’t have the stomach for direct conflict vs Russia
The Kursk offensive is an interesting tactic. What is the objective? Gain Russian territory?
in my opinion, the kursk offensive serves the purpose of continuing to receive aid money from the partner states and thus keeping the bond market liquid. always keep an eye on Ukrainian government bonds as well
I think it was more of a moral boost. The Eastern front is bad right now and throwing reinforcements at it wasn't going to help. By going into Kursk you embarrass Putin which is a huge win as well as gain a way to launch those crazy stupid drones that Ukraine has developed that is blowing up all those refineries and storage areas.
Kursk was interesting because it did really help out the Sumy region and recently Ukraine has begun pushing back in Kharkiv.
Moral boost was huge for the country though they needed a big win and they got one with Kursk
I mean emboldening your enemies by letting them get what they want is a very stupid and we have plenty of evidence it is doesn't work.
Russia is already cooked and was cooked after a year and a half. Now its just well sad.
With regards to NATO and the US I will just drop this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hZJwQlM_L0
At the same time, the West could flip this on Russia's head easily. Nothing repairs an economy like a good ol war. You put the Western economies on war footing like Putin has done and poof a lot of these issues go away as we have seen time and time again over history.
Not saying we need or want war but it is an easy way to flip this on Putin and call his bluff. He doesn't have the army of the USSR and is struggling in Ukraine even with his gains. Imagine modern Western fighter jets over the skies and what that would do.
Putin's "peace" isn't peace either. He just wants everything and Ukraine to admit to all the falsehoods he has pumped into the world. He ignores and awards heinous war crimes by his troops and while Ukraine has done so bad stuff to if we look at the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk the warfare was completely different from how Russia just razes cities and towns.