@jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoZelensky says Russia has 50,000 troops in Kurskwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down12
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minus-square@adarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-27 months agothey’re getting ready for a huge offensive, and push to kyiv. january. third week. obvious choice for time frame. that’s why djt told putin not to ‘escalate’… he was really just reminding him “not yet”.
minus-square@Gsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-27 months ago50000 would not be near enough to push to Sumy, let alone Kiev. But they want to make sure they retake Kursk before the conflict is frozen.
minus-square@Corkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoIt would be quite embarrassing to cede Russian territory in a special 3 day military operation that lasted years.
they’re getting ready for a huge offensive, and push to kyiv. january. third week. obvious choice for time frame.
that’s why djt told putin not to ‘escalate’… he was really just reminding him “not yet”.
50000 would not be near enough to push to Sumy, let alone Kiev. But they want to make sure they retake Kursk before the conflict is frozen.
It would be quite embarrassing to cede Russian territory in a special 3 day military operation that lasted years.