6/ Although media outlets and milbloggers have characterized recent Ukrainian combat actions in the Sudzha lodgment as an offensive, it does not meet the criteria for such a classification. Combat actions were limited in scope and scale and remained at the small-unit level. It is clear Ukraine intends to hold its lodgment in Kursk; however, it is increasingly becoming apparent that the combat power required to hold the lodgment and make it operationally viable is having a detrimental effect on other critical fronts.