Some experts are warning that Ukraine’s offensive could overstretch its own supply routes. “Taking a few dozen Russian border villages at the loss of many lives and equipment will not help,” Emil Kastehelmi, analyst from the Finland-based think tank Black Bird Group, told Newsweek. There is reason to be skeptical about the alleged benefits of Ukraine’s offensive. “In general, the war in Kursk will not be resolved, the strategically most important regions are still eastern and southern Ukraine,” the magazine quotes him as saying.