Ukraine ‘at risk of losing Donbas’ with Kursk offensive | Ukraine War
Sky News miliary analyst Prof Michael Clarke takes a look at how the decision by Ukraine to invade the Kursk region of Russia could backfire.
Ukrainian troops protecting key strategic locations in the Donbas, eastern Ukraine, are at risk of being overwhelmed by the Russians.
That would be put Moscow in a strong bargaining position going into the winter, Prof Clarke said.
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💪💪💪1991💪💪💪. Слава Україні, героям слава.
Non bias analysis amazing.
Clarke, the expert who gets everything wrong. Kursk will ultimately be a disaster.
Ukraine will lose this war
The purpose of the Kursk incursion was to draw Russian resources away from the front-line. It didn't work, whether because Russia are stupid or slow they did not take resources from the war, they sent only inexperienced recruits who failed.
Now Ukraine have to make a difficult decision. Should they expend resources to hold the territory? They do not really want the territory and being there doesn't really achieve anything useful. It's too far from the front-line to be of any tactical use, it's just a random nothing parcel of land, which is precisely why it was not well-defended.
Professor Michael Clark Is SUPER DELIGHT!!!
Zelensky and his nationalist team are not statesman .. they should have maintained good win-win relations with russia and develop Ukraine.. Outsiders simply using zelensky for their selfish needs and ukraine lost valuable lands and people suffering..
Donbass is falling – 2/3 already gone.
Can Ukraine keep its territory in Kursk?
Short answer: no
Long answer: hell no
Maybe Ukraine figured out they were going to lose the ground in Donbas and therefore grabbed some Russian territory to bank for the future.
This situation in Kirsk, is because Ukraine doesn't het the weaponry they need so badly..
It is a real shame how Ukraine has to resolve their own problems….Even do we hear the west will change Zelensky for another puppet they (or Putin) can control..
This all is nothing more than a game…A game for money and power.. shame on the west, who are trying to get the best put of it for themselves. !!!
I see the pseudo general is back again.
A war that should never have been fought.Russia will gets its way as its been the landlord here for centuries.I would take Western analysis more seriously if they had not wasted the last 20 years in wasting time,men and money in idiotic conflicts in Africa and Asia.
The discord videos fresh out of Donbas dont agree mike. The Ukrainians are holding under increased russian meat waves. The main word being "holding".
Propaganda get PTSD 🤣🤣🤣
Why did Putin start this war again?
The old professor was full of beans last week how Russia is finished. He should have wisely remembered Bismarck where no invading army ever made it out of Russia alive.
The Ukrainian incursion was never meant to be permanent, there is not much to win in Kursk and the Russians can just wait until the Ukrainian Army gets hungry and leaves, not much to be won back in Donbass either, as it has been flattened, no way are the Russians going to pay to rebuild that area, they never invested money in their Soviet Zones, just bled them dry?
With F-16´s coming they should be able to push the Russians back far enough to save Kramatorsk etc.
Just have to wait and see if Ukraine sends dozens of heavy tank transporters to Kursk, pity they blew all the bridges up, no chance to advance now, but they can scoot to Donbass very quickly.
Putin has lost face, object achieved!
Will be interesting to see if Ridge has Tice on her show when it returns. His rhetoric and party is partly responsible for the riots and she gave him a platform every month for almost a year.
When Putin gets the Donbas region he will sue for peace, then he will nibble at the rest of Ukraine bit by bit with Trumps help.
Man this is the longest 3 days in history.
Prof. Clarke ❤❤❤❤❤❤
It’s not war it’s money laundering
Good analysis, except of course the obligatory propaganda slots at the beginning and the end (Putin/Russians are the bad guys, want the whole of Ukraine, etc). Russia didn't want any land. It just wanted a guarantee that Ukraine will stay neutral, so that the (by now publicly stated) existential threat posed by NATO is kept at bay.
How about instead of saying "Ukraine is at risk" of anything, giving them ALL the support they need?
The Azof Invasion of Russia honeymoon has worn off. Russia didn't take the bait and move their troops. Failure by the Azofs
Why not swap a troublesome province for new one, Donbas for Kursk, seems like a good idea.
Putin must be so proud of himself.
This war is far from over !!!
F Sly News!
Slava Ukraini!
This guy is a joke, he told lies since years but at the end Russia will win
This could go very wrong for Ukraine if Russia picks troops from far away instead of moving troops away from Dumbass region.
Finally a sky news report that doesn’t tell us Ukraine is winning.