In a single month, Ukraine claims to have taken 500 square miles of Russian territory and to control more than a 100 settlements in the Kursk region.

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It is a bold and surprising strategy employed by President Volodomyr Zelenskyy’s forces, that has taken both his enemy and allies by surprise. The campaign, he says, has prevented Russia’s Vladimir Putin from opening a new northern front in Ukraine.

But, analysts are split on whether Ukraine’s push into Kursk is a smart or dangerous move by Ukraine’s leader - in the same month, with some Ukraine’s most experienced troops occupied in Kursk, Russia have pushed their forces deeper into the Donbas and are poised to take the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

So why did Ukraine’s leader take this risk and why is the past month of fighting between Russia and Ukraine some of the most significant in the war to date?

With thanks to Professor Mark Galeotti - his latest book, co-written with Anna Arutunyan is called ‘Downfall: Prigozhin and Putin, and the New Fight for the Future of Russia’

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