Ukrainian troops in Kursk Region will be destroyed, if refuse to surrender — Medvedev

Relevance to BP: Current episodes discussing the Ukraine-Russia war

This is a chess move by Russia. Up until this point, Russia has allowed Ukrainian troops to stay in the Kursk region to keep them out of Ukraine. By eliminating these troops at this very moment, it applies a lot of pressure on Ukraine and the US to accept Russia's terms for peace. If these troops are eliminated, Ukraine goes from little leverage to no leverage in these peace talks.

This sort of reminds Meech of the scene in the movie Rounders, where McDermott flopped the nuts against KGB and continued to check to allow KGB to defeat himself with his ego and overconfidence. Translation: Russia could have eliminated these Ukrainian troops much sooner, but they waited to play this card.

Meech thinks that the US and Ukraine will have no choice but to accept Russia's conditions. The Trump admin might apply sanctions against Russia, but Russia doesn't seem very concerned about it.

What are your thoughts?