MOSCOW, August 9 The raid of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region has no strategic value, retired Bundeswehr Colonel Wolfgang Richter said in an interview with the Welt channel.
«I don't think the operation will last long. The Ukrainians don't have enough personnel reserves,» he said.
The German military man also said that the main goal of the Ukrainian forces' operation is to generate positive news against the backdrop of their retreats at the front.
On Friday, the Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops destroyed five Stryker armored personnel carriers in the Yuzhny area of the Kursk region, and a column of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a tank and four armored personnel carriers. On Wednesday, the ministry reported that two Stryker units were destroyed during the attack on the border areas of the Kursk region.