12, amounted to over 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land. As an embarrassed Russian leadership rushes reinforcements into Kursk Oblast to meet the threat, big questions remain about Kyiv’s next move. Having brought the war to Russia, hit Moscow where it hurts, and triggered a country-wide morale boost, what is there to do next? For the moment, Ukrainian forces seem committed to holding on to territory across the border, but meanwhile, Russia’s advance on Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast continues to bear down on the strategic city. To discuss these questions, the Kyiv Independent sat down with retired Australian Army Major-General Mick Ryan, who has covered the war from the point of view of top-level military leadership and doctrine since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion.