Ukraine has sent one of the most powerful and fastest armies to the Kursk region, but even this does not guarantee the success of the offensive on Russian territory​​​​

One of the best-equipped and fastest Ukrainian brigades, the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, joined the fight in the Kursk region.

“The video, which went viral on social media on Thursday, shows a T-64BV or T-80BV tank, an UR-77 engineering vehicle, an IMR-2 engineering vehicle, as well as an armored personnel carrier (BTR- 80) and American Stryker wheeled armored personnel carriers pass Ukrainian mortar fleets … Forbes.

At the same time, as the publication notes, such a combination of ex-Soviet and ex-American vehicles is only available in the 80th Air Assault Brigade. And the participation of the 80th Sturmova – one of the best Ukrainian brigades – emphasizes the scale of the offensive activity of Ukraine in the Kursk region.

Pro-Ukraine forces have previously carried out cross-border attacks in southern Russia. But these raids were small in scale and lasted no more than a few days. Above all, they aimed to expose the Russian leaders.

However, as Forbes points out, the current activity of Ukraine is different from others. It includes at least three brigades, each with up to 2,000 men: the 22nd and 88th Mechanized Brigades and the 80th Airborne Brigade.

“It is becoming clearer every hour that what is happening in Kursk is not an attack: it is indeed an attack,” the article said.

Will Ukraine succeed?

Forbes emphasizes that the fact that the Ukrainians are investing large resources in this attack does not guarantee that it will be successful. After all, Russia’s Northern Army Group, which has about 48,000 soldiers, can operate against 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen.

But now Russia’s Sever Group is engaged in Volchansk, 150 kilometers southeast of Suja, the Russian border town at the center of the Ukrainian invasion. least.

“Whether and how quickly Troop Group North succeeds in moving forces into Suja could become a decisive factor in the outcome of Ukraine’s three-day offensive, if the Russians will act quickly, they could delay or even reverse Ukrainian gains. If they move slowly, they may lose a much larger part of the Kursk region to the advancing Ukrainian columns,” the publication believes.