Why it is important for Ukraine to keep the Kursk region – an expert's explanation

Keeping a piece of the territory of the Russian Federation is already a matter of international diplomacy and the subsequent diplomatic resolution of the war.

The priority for Ukraine at the front is to keep part of the Kursk region under control, because this will weaken Russia during any format of contacts and during any negotiations.

This opinion was expressed by the executive director of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, Dmytro Zhmailo, on the air of 1+1 during the telethon.

Zhmailo explained why it is a priority for the Defense Forces of Ukraine to hold the territories in the Kursk region.

“The fact that the Russian Federation with such huge forces and Ukraine, which received world aid, but very limited, and in terms of no type of weaponry, did not even come close to the Russian Federation, this demonstrates our success – that we preserved 80% of the territory. And the fact that Ukraine with such relatively small resources still…