Kursk offensive: Putin’s ‘red lines’ are a bluff, Zelenskyy says

Weeks into Ukraine’s advances in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the goal was to create a “buffer zone” to prevent cross-border attacks. Zelenskyy further claimed the incursion shows Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “red lines” are a bluff. But as Nathaniel Dove explains, experts say Kyiv may not have achieved all of its goals—and Russia is pushing back.