Ukraine’s Kursk offensive is denting Russia’s war narrative and triggering questions among the Russian elite, leading spy chiefs have said.
Speaking at the Financial Times’ weekend festival in London on Saturday alongside MI6 chief Richard Moore, CIA director Bill Burns said Kursk was “a significant tactical achievement” that boosted Ukrainian morale and exposed Russia’s weaknesses. It “has raised questions across the Russian elite”, he said.
Moore said it was “a typically audacious and bold move by the Ukrainians . . . to try and change the game, and I think they have changed the narrative [and] really brought the war home to Russia”.