Source: Ukraine has lost 40% of Russia’s Kursk region, military source says
乌克兰军方一位高级消息人士称，随着俄罗斯军队发起一波又一波的反攻，乌克兰已失去俄罗斯库尔斯克地区 40% 以上的领土。乌克兰在 8 月份的一次突然入侵中迅速夺取了该地区。 这位乌克兰总参谋部的消息人士表示，自从基辅军队迅速进入并推进以来，俄罗斯已向库尔斯克地区部署了约 59,000 名士兵，令莫斯科措手不及，而此时俄罗斯已全面入侵乌克兰两年半。 消息人士说，“我们最多控制了大约 1,376 平方公里的土地；现在，这片土地当然变小了。敌人正在加大反攻力度。现在我们控制了大约 800 平方公里。只要军事上可行，我们就会一直守住这片土地。” 库尔斯克攻势是第二次世界大战以来外国势力首次对俄罗斯进行地面入侵，令莫斯科措手不及。 基辅进军库尔斯克的目的是阻止俄罗斯对乌克兰东部和东北部的攻击，迫使俄罗斯撤回在东部逐渐推进的军队，并在任何和平谈判中给予基辅额外的筹码。 但俄罗斯军队仍在乌克兰东部顿涅茨克地区稳步推进。 泽连斯基总统表示，他认为俄罗斯总统普京的主要目标是占领整个顿巴斯地区，包括顿涅茨克和卢甘斯克地区，并将乌克兰军队赶出库尔斯克地区。 泽连斯基告诉媒体，“对普京来说，最重要的是把我们赶出库尔斯克地区。我相信他想在 1 月 20 日之前把我们赶出去。”他指的是唐纳德·特朗普就任美国总统的时间。“对他（普京）来说，证明自己掌控着局势非常重要。”
Ukraine has lost more than 40% of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it rapidly seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counterassaults, a senior Ukrainian military source said.
The source, who is on Ukraine’s General Staff, said Russia had deployed some 59,000 troops to the Kursk region since Kyiv’s forces swept in and advanced swiftly, catching Moscow unprepared 2½ years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“At most, we controlled about 1,376 square kilometers; now, of course, this territory is smaller. The enemy is increasing its counterattacks,” the source said. “Now we control approximately 800 square kilometers. We will hold this territory for as long as is militarily appropriate.”
The Kursk offensive was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II and caught Moscow unprepared.
With the thrust into Kursk, Kyiv aimed to stem Russian attacks in eastern and northeastern Ukraine, force Russia to pull back forces gradually advancing in the east and give Kyiv extra leverage in any peace negotiations.
But Russian forces are still steadily advancing in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main objectives were to occupy the entire Donbas, which consists of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and oust Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region.
“For Putin, the most important thing is to push us out of the Kursk region. I am sure that he wants to push us out by January 20,” Zelenskiy told media, referring to when Donald Trump will be inaugurated as U.S. president. “It is very important for him [Putin] to demonstrate that he is in control of the situation.”
