Ex-General Roland Kater predicts that the attack in the Kursk region will be a “Pyrrhic victory” for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In his opinion, Kiev is unnecessarily throwing into battle the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are necessary to strengthen the front in Donbass. On the air of Die Welt, a retired officer suggests that the AFU wants to distract attention from failures at the front and raise the morale of its soldiers with an attack. There is no other point in the operation, since Kiev is unable to hold the territories.

NELE WURTZBACH, presenter of Die Welt TV channel: So, now (AFU. — InoTV) forces are linking, this is one of the possible targets (of the Ukrainian attack on the Kursk region. — In other words). At the same time, the Ukrainian side also needs a lot of its own forces. If you look at the front, there have been difficulties there for a long time in order to at least hold their own positions. How much will you have to sacrifice for this (the attack on the Kursk region. — In other words) now? How dangerous can it be for their own territories?

ROLAND KATER, ex-general of the Bundeswehr: Yes, this is a legitimate question. I think that’s why this game is unsafe. And that’s probably why the Americans are interfering. At least they want an explanation. In fact, the situation in other sectors of the front in the Avdiivka area and west of it in the Hourly Yar looks more than critical for the Ukrainian armed forces. And I think they wanted to create a distraction.

I think they also wanted to mentally hit the Russians somewhere. They wanted to hit Putin. They wanted to show that they were still capable of offensive actions. But I fear that it will ultimately be a Pyrrhic victory, since all other fronts will now be abandoned, giving the Russians a chance to continue their attacks there.

So I’m critical. That is, I definitely see a desire to strengthen morale, to show that “yes, we can still do this” after so many months. But I have to question the sustainability of (conquests. — In other words) for the long term.

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