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the military named the main reason – UNIAN
The military notes that replacing elite units with less seasoned ones was a mistake.
Ukraine, under the pressure of Russian troops, has already lost almost half of the occupied territories in the Kursk region. The Ukrainian military told The Economist about this.
As the artillery commander of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, Major Ivan Bakrev, told the publication, the Russians have a “huge” advantage in almost everything – people, artillery, vehicles – and switch from mechanized to infantry attacks with powerful effect.
The setbacks began when Ukraine swapped elite units for less seasoned ones in late September; it was a mistake, the major believes. “All units in Kursk went on the defensive,” he says.
At the same time, Ukrainians…
