It is possible the Ukrainian leadership wants to demonstrate to Russia, but above all to the West, that Ukraine is not at the end of its tether,
Russia is the main beneficiary of an extension of the front line into Russian territory, as it further overstretches Ukraine's armed forces,
There have been no signs that Russia is moving troops from the east to stop the Ukrainian advance,
Ukraine cannot continue to fight this war in the same way it has been for the past two years. It just simply doesn't have the manpower or weapon stores to do so,
I see this operation in Russia as Ukraine's attempt to slightly shift its strategy,
I don't think anyone wants to see this escalate to a conflict where Ukraine is sending troops toward Moscow, or flying drones or planes in that direction,
Russia is much bigger, and has a larger military, and Ukraine can't continue fighting Russia on equal footing,
My bet is that we'll see increased operations like this, but that Ukraine will try to keep them a surprise, as it did with this Kursk operation,
The high probably of losing a large number of forces in this scenario makes it a strategic and political liability,
In the Kursk direction, the enemy continues to make attempts to build on the successes of previous days,
The Kursk region may have been chosen because it was a planned launch point for Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast, which has been heavily shelled for a long time,
Ukrainian forces might try to counterattack where Russians didn't expect it,
For the first time in a long time we have movement,
Their commanders aren’t idiots, ... They are moving forces, but not as quickly as we would like. They know we can’t extend logistics 80 or 100 kilometres [inside Russian territory].” ... The nation believes it has uncovered a vulnerability in Vladimir Putin’s armour,
It's scary to have helicopters flying over your head all the time,
Their pressure in the east continues, they are not pulling back troops from the area," even if "the intensity of Russian attacks has gone down a little bit".
No impact has been reported for nuclear safety,
The further the Ukrainians push into Russia, and the less resistance that they get from Russian armed forces, the more I worry that Putin would want to use a nuclear bomb,
This is a blow because it is clear that the signal came from intelligence to the leadership, but … measures were not taken,
It's high risk, high reward — take some Russian territory and then use that as leverage to try and get some of its territory back if it was forced into negotiations,