Russians launched an offensive in Kursk region due to Trump's "peace plan", - Forbes
Date: 2024-11-08 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
Russian marines, supported by North Korean soldiers, launched an offensive on Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region on Thursday. As Forbes analyst David Ax writes, one of the reasons for such haste may be Donald Trump's so-called "peace plan", which Western media previously wrote about.
As Ax explains, one of Trump's proposals is for Ukraine and Russia to agree to a ceasefire along the current front line. And it includes not only the south and east of Ukraine, but also the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
"If Trump's plan actually works - and it's a big 'if' - Russia would essentially be giving up 270 square miles of Russian land in exchange for roughly 20 percent of Ukraine, 45,000 square miles that it would occupy," Ax writes, noting that Russian dictator Putin would clearly not be happy with this seemingly favorable exchange.
Ax notes that during an attempt to attack the left flank of the Kursk salient on Thursday, Russia's 810th Marine Brigade, with North Korean soldiers attached to it, suffered a crushing failure.
According to Kriegsforscher, the Russians sent 14 armored personnel carriers into battle during the attack, and ten of them were destroyed or damaged and abandoned. At the same time, Ax points out, these armored personnel carriers can hold up to 10 soldiers, meaning that the 810th Marine Brigade may have lost a total of 140 men, although it is quite possible that several of them escaped.
As David Ax notes, the Kremlin is ready to sacrifice hundreds and even thousands of lives in an attempt to eliminate the Kursk salient. But this is only beneficial if Trump's "peace plan" is implemented.
However, Trump, while proposing to create a demilitarized zone, at the same time offers no way to enforce it, and in this case it will be ignored or frequently violated. Thus, Trump's peace proposal is "naive", so Russia and the DPRK can throw troops and equipment at the Kursk salient in an attempt to create conditions for a ceasefire that may never happen, the analyst notes.
