The Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region, like the Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine, is not considered a decisive military maneuver that will help win the war, reports the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Both Russian and Ukrainian forces cannot conduct decisive operations that will single-handedly secure victory in the war. Instead, they must undertake a series of sequential operations with limited operational objectives that, while not achieving immediate victory, cumulatively may meet strategic goals, according to the authors of the report “Ukraine and the …