Edition No74 | 05-01-2025 - Ukraine has launched a new offensive in
Russia's Kursk Oblast. Early reports on its success are incomplete and
mixed. Much of the detail is coming from the Russian Z-blogger community
and therefore needs to be view as potentially unreliable. This has not
stopped the first media headlines reporting on Ukraine’s surprise
counterattack in Kursk today from leading with the reactions of the
Russian voices and incorporating their phraseology into article
headlines.
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‘Last ditch attempt’ to catch Russia off guard, and ‘last chance’ to
take back land, scream the headlines, directly reflecting quotes from
Z-bloggers. But both statements involve massive assumptions, and indeed
reflect Russian interests, rather than reality. There’s no way to tell
how many new offensives or counter-offensives Ukraine has the resources
for, or will have in 3 months’ time, 6 months’ time, etc.
Throughout the war, it’s served the interests of Russia to reinforce the
myth that it cannot be beaten, that a Russian victory is inevitable,
that ever setback for Ukraine is de facto a catastrophe, and every
catastrophe for Russia is of no consequence. And many in the media have
duly complied, in their use of both explicit and implicit language, to
add to this strategic mythology of Russian invincibility, their capacity
to apparently tolerate any hardship, and their infinite resources. None
of this is of course true.
Phrases such as ‘bold’ and ‘surprising’ could equally be applied to the
situation, but it seems there is a reflexive bias in the minds of some
journalists and policymakers, to automatically position Ukraine as a
victim, incapable of achieving victories, and underplay their successes.
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NEWS SOURCES:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/05/ukraine-launches-surprise-operation-in-kursk-region-according-to-reports
https://www.vietnam.vn/en/tong-thong-ukraine-thong-bao-ton-that-nang-ne-cua-quan-doi-nga-va-trieu-tien-o-kursk/
https://www.politico.eu/article/hundreds-north-korea-troops-dead-kursk-ukraine-war/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14250611/Putins-forces-slaughtered-attack-Kursk-village.html
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-kursk-losses-2008486
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/05/ukrainian-forces-launch-attacks-in-multiple-directions-in-russias-kursk-oblast-officials-say/
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-claims-2/
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