I'm just gonna look at the data here and conclude that Trent have no idea what he is talking about.
There were a lot of pro-Ukrainian accounts on X that were in "deep doomie doubt" that the AFU Kursk offensive would in any way reduce the power of the Russian Pokrovsk offensive.
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) September 14, 2024
It turned out the AFU Chief of Staff knew more than they did.🤷♂️
It's not the first time.🤦♂️ https://t.co/oojHN4xDMA
There's also no indication the Russians moved any significant assets intended for the Prokovsk effort to defend Kursk.
Since people are asking "what about Kursk", there was initial success there while the Russians were unprepared. But already after a week they managed to significantly slow down the UA advances there. And for the last 3-4 weeks it's barely been any movement until a few days ago.
The majority of movement in Kursk the last few weeks have been from Russia taking back a few settlements and possibly around 100km2.
Ukraine have started a few new cross border operations but for now I think they are intended to slow the Russian counter offensive rather than actually having the purpose of taking more land.
Made a map showing roughly the claimed areas captured by Ukraine and Russia in Kursk the last few days. Even if it's not relevant to what I'm saying.
