EXPERT INTERVIEW – Ukraine’s invasion of the Kursk region has stunned many people – in Russia and beyond – for its success in capturing Russian territory in the midst of Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. It has also raised new questions about the state of the Russian military.
The immediate questions involve the breach of the frontier. How had Russian border guards failed to repel the invaders? And why did Russian military intelligence miss the signals that they were coming?
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