CIA Admits to ‘Conversations’ Over Ukraine’s Incursion into Kursk Region
Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into Kursk Region, Russia will likely continue “for some period of time,” CIA Deputy Director David Cohen told the Intelligence and National Security Summit on Wednesday.
Kiev launched a surprise raid into Russia earlier this month, deploying up to 10,000 troops armed with Western-supplied heavy weapons. The Ukrainian army has seized some border areas, resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens of civilians, but it has failed to advance deeper into Russian territory.
Ukraine reportedly did not consult its Western sponsors before launching the operation, leaving them puzzled over its ultimate goals.
Speaking on Wednesday, Cohen declined to answer a direct question about whether he and his colleagues at Langley were just as “surprised” by Ukraine’s incursion, noting that the significance and implications of the attack “remain to be seen.”
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“They are remaining in Russia, building defenses, and, as best as we can tell from our conversations, there seems to be intent on retaining some of that territory for some period of time,” Cohen stated, without elaborating on what those conversations entailed.
Cohen went on to say that Ukraine’s attack “has the potential to change the dynamic” of the conflict going forward, but he admitted there is no doubt that Russia “will mount a counteroffensive to try to reclaim that territory.”
“I think our expectation is that this will be a difficult fight for the Russians,” he added. “It’s still early days in this, so we’ll have to see how it all plays out.”
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The Ukrainian leadership has been inconsistent in explaining its goals for the Kursk Region operation. Initially, Vladimir Zelensky’s office stated that capturing Russian territory was necessary to gain a stronger position during eventual peace talks with Russia. It also mentioned the need to apply pressure on Moscow by intimidating the Russian public into accepting Ukrainian terms.
The messaging later shifted, with Zelensky declaring the creation of a buffer zone as a key achievement. Last Saturday, he claimed that the incursion had preempted a Russian attempt to enter Ukraine’s Sumy Region from Kursk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the incursion and the harm it caused to Russian civilians have made negotiations with Ukraine impossible. Previously, he offered a ceasefire in return for political and military concessions.
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The Incursion Into Russia Will Not Solve Ukraine’s Biggest Problem
Earlier this month, Ukrainian forces crossed their northern border and entered Russian territory. The Ukrainians quickly took village after village as the Russian troops stationed in this Kursk region were sparse, often conscripted, and in some cases even unarmed.
Ukraine claimed to have captured over 400 square miles of Russian territory. Top Ukrainian officials and many of the staunchest supporters in Western media celebrated the operation as a major embarrassment for Vladamir Putin and a much-needed revival for Ukrainian morale.
But as the shock of the surprise offensive wore off and the Ukrainian gains on the ground slowed to a halt, Western foreign policy analysts were left guessing as to what exactly the strategic objective was for the incursion.
The Ukrainians officially claim it is an attempt to establish a buffer zone to minimize cross-border rocket attacks in the region, but that explanation has not been widely accepted by foreign policy experts. Some think the operation was meant to show Ukraine’s Western backers that they can still win battles in order to keep the money and weapon transfers coming. Others think the main point was to hurt Putin’s credibility with the Russian public.
For those of us calling for negotiations, this looked like it might be a last-minute attempt to scrape back some leverage over Russia before entering into talks. In the twenty-eight months since the West convinced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to walk away from peace talks in the weeks after Russia’s 2022 invasion, Ukraine’s position in future talks has grown weaker and weaker.
First, in September of 2022, the Russians laid permanent claim to tens of thousands of square miles of Ukrainian territory that it had earlier agreed to relinquish.
There was an opportunity in November of 2022 when Ukraine launched a surprise attack and recaptured the southern city of Kherson. And, while their position was still weaker than in the spring of 2022, the victory was likely the best opportunity Ukraine would have to transition to talks, as former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said at the time.
It did not happen. Instead, we were told a massive counteroffensive would kick off last summer to drive Russians out of much of the territory they controlled. When the time came, however, the Ukrainians struggled to break through heavy Russian minefields and, in the end, they lost more territory than they had gained. Since then, Ukraine’s position has grown even more precarious as its supply of soldiers dwindles.
Over the past months, the war has entered a somewhat stalled state as Russia hunkered down and banked on Ukraine’s faster rate of attrition—all while hawks in American media argued, absurdly, that Ukraine just needed more money and weapons to get out of a rut caused by a shortage of manpower. Ukraine had little to no leverage and was running out of time.
So it would make sense for Ukraine to try and switch things up now with an operation like what we’re seeing play out in the Kursk region. At best, the Ukrainians intend to transition to peace talks, but wanted to first grab some territory that they could use to wring concessions out of the Russians.
That would, at least, signal that the Ukrainians are open to negotiations, but it also seems unlikely to work. In order for this land grab to successfully extract concessions, the Russians must be convinced that the best way to regain their lost territory will be through talks, rather than with force. And right now, it’s clear that they are not convinced of that.
Currently, the Russians are mobilizing reserve troops to recapture the land lost in Kursk and have launched some devastating strikes on the Ukrainian supply lines supporting the incursion. They have also escalated their attacks on the main front to take advantage of Ukraine’s diversion of troops to Kursk. Although the Russians were caught off guard by the Ukrainians’ move, they are quickly regaining the momentum.
So if the objective of the Kursk incursion was intended to strengthen Ukraine’s position in future peace talks, they may once again be in a position where waiting only worsens their standing. American officials ought to reverse their terrible decision from two years ago and encourage the Ukrainians to finally push for peace talks with the Russians.
And if the intentions behind the incursion are worse—as comments by Zelensky, arguing that because Russia has not launched nuclear attacks after fighting spilled into their territory, the West can and should help the Ukrainians launch attacks deeper into Russia, suggest—that is all the more reason for Washington to regain control of its proxy and put an end to this horrific, unnecessary war.
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Biden Checks Out: Footage Shows Ousted One-Term Prez Staring at Ocean on Extended Vacation
Footage captured soon-to-be former President Joe Biden staring at waves on a beach in Delaware, as he vacations for two straight weeks following Democrats’ move to terminate his re-election bid.
Images documented Wednesday showed the deposed Democrat leader sitting on a beach chair staring out into the ocean, just weeks after being unceremoniously replaced with Kamala Harris despite his vow to stay in the presidential race.
“The 81-year-old spent about two hours on the North Shores near Rehoboth Beach, Del., with first lady Jill Biden and two of her sisters,” reported the New York Times.
Biden’s trip to Delaware follows his forced appearance at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week, where he passed the torch to Harris, despite harboring bitterness and resentment towards the Democratic establishment for pushing him out.
According to The Post, Biden spent his first week on vacation at the home of a billionaire donor in California, before heading to the DNC and next to his vacation home in Delaware.
In spite of his anger, Biden will join Harris for a joint rally in Pittsburgh on Labor Day.
The video provides a grim look at the pathetic, defeated wreck Biden has become following the early termination of his re-election bid, showing he’s completely checked out, just going through the motions, and phoning it in.