The European Union gave its support to Ukraine sending its military forces into Russia’s Kursk region on Aug. 7. Discussing the Kursk action with the press, European Commission foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano stated that Ukraine has the right to defend itself, “including by striking the aggressor on its territory.”
Marcus Faber, who chairs the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, was even more strident in his support. “Ukraine’s attack on Kursk is completely legitimate and makes military sense,” he wrote in a series of postings on his X account, which Ukraine’s news agency, Ukrinform happily reported. “One can only wish the Ukrainian defenders every success, including at Kursk.”
Washington, D.C.’s Hudson Institute, a bastion of neoconservatives hell-bent on breaking up Russia into as many as 40-plus NATO colonies, went so far as to take some credit for Ukraine’s action. “Moscow has been forced to redeploy troops from the front lines as Ukraine gains ground in Russia’s Kursk region,” Hudson President John Walters wrote today. “Back in March, my colleague, Can Kasapoğlu, laid out how Kyiv can counter Russia’s advances: temporarily seizing Russian territory.” Hudson provided a link to the “Ukraine Military Situation Report: Ukraine’s Unconventional Military Options,” published by Hudson senior fellow Can Kasapoğlu on March 13, 2024.
