npp was to be taken as well, but i think that they genuinely expected to face little resistance in the city. after all, zelynsky talked about trading kursk for donbass and he was obviously referring to kursk city, not sudzamunda. i know that plan sounds stupid, but would really be that surprising?   i think that was only a small part, you don't commit 25+ formations to the offensive if your goal is some peremoga. they could have had same amount of peremoga if they've used much smaller number of troops, see belgorod peremoga at the start of the year
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