Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said Russian forces will face a 'difficult fight' as Putin mounts a counteroffensive in an attempt to retake parts of the Kursk region captured by Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter 'a difficult fight,' Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Wednesday. Cohen told a national security industry conference that the significance of the Ukrainian incursion, which has overrun some 300 square miles of the Russian province, remained to be seen.
Ukrainian forces crashed through Russia's western border into the Kursk region on Aug. 6 in a surprise offensive that is continuing. While Kyiv has said it has no intention of annexing the area it has captured, Ukrainian troops are building defensive lines and it appears that they intend to retain 'some of that territory for some period of time,' Cohen told the Intelligence and National Security Summit.
Putin has said any deal needs to start with Ukraine's acceptance of 'realities on the ground,' that would leave Russia with possession of substantial chunks of four Ukrainian regions as well as Crimea. Ukraine says it controls more than 1,200 square km of the Kursk region.
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