Some analysts say Russia’s accelerated advance, mainly in eastern Ukraine, was aided by the diversion of Kyiv’s forces to Kursk.
“Essentially, Ukraine traded territory it values the most—its own—for territory it didn’t value and that it couldn’t hold forever,” said Christopher McCallion, a fellow at Defense Priorities, a Washington DC think tank advocating for a strong U.S. military with a restrained foreign policy.
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