kursk is a sideshow, nothing really important. its a feel good offensive really for ukraine. as for the donbass its economically valuable and russia is making gains.  russia makes a deal with foreigners like nepalese etc really poor ppl. they can get approx 75k for a year or like 240k for 3 years if they sign the contract.  these men die within that time so they are not paid out, this is in a way more honorable then literally telling the family they are missing and leading them on for years.
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