‘Kursk’ has history. In 1943, Germany invaded Russia in Kursk to divert from its own losses, with Germany ultimately defeated at the Battle of Kursk. The recent return of German military equipment to Kursk must have left many gaping; the current battlefield around the town of Sudzha is precisely the spot where, in 1943, the Soviet armies coiled for a counteroffensive against the German 4th Army.
After Ukraine’s attack on Kursk, Russia has warned the West that should the conflict with Ukraine escalate it will not be confined to Eastern Europe.
The tale of two pipelines, the Power of Siberia and Nord Stream, speaks volumes.
Kremlin insider and former President Medvedev says President Zelensky and his Western backers are engaged in a “Satanic” crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
If Russia wants to end the conflict Ukraine then it needs to recognize what the West and its proxies really want. As Paul Craig Roberts explains, they want to destroy Russia and they are using Ukraine to achieve this
Douglas Macgregor explains how the NATO/Ukrainian incursion into Kursk has been thwarted. With most of its heavy weapons and equipment destroyed and many of the 12,000 men involved – including Britons, Americans and Poles – facing death or capture
AS NATO member Poland ponders intercepting Russia missiles flying close to its border in the war in Ukraine, Russia warns that it will respond to what it sees as a direct intervention in the conflict
This is as close to World War Three as it can get. One senses that only the calm discipline and strategic prudence of the Russian leadership are preventing the moment from escalating to a global catastrophe.
According to former CIA analyst Larry Johnson, Ukraine’s incursions into Kursk has angered and offended ordinary Russians. In consequence Putin is now coming under pressure to act decisively and wage a much more aggressive war
Like the Himars and other ‘game-changer’ weapons donated by the West, the Russians have already reportedly destroyed a Challenger II in the Kursk region
Zelensky initially approved the plan to attack the pipelines, but later changed his mind following a request from the CIA. However, General Zaluzhnyi, then the commander Ukraine’s of armed forces, decided to proceed with the plan anyway
The Pentagon is reportedly already working through the details of a potential transfer of JASSM missiles