5 months after the start of the operation, the Ukrainian Defense Forces activated military operations near the Kursk region, attacking the enemy on many fronts. The Russians are announcing a “new offensive” of the ZSU in the region, but Ukrainian officials may not comment on the situation.
What is currently known about the situation on the Kursk direct and what are the goals maybe the mothers of the ZSU – RBC-Ukraine collected lower material.
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- New offensive of the ZSU? What is happening in the Kursk region
- What can be seen from official statements
- What may be the goals of Ukraine: thoughts of experts
New ZSU offensive? What is happening in the Kursk region
5 days ago, the first people to start writing about the “great offensive” of the Ukrainian armies in the Kursk region are the so-called Russian armies. Having said that, the ZSU concentrated the main pressure on the settlements on Berdin and Velyka Soldatska, which were located on the outskirts of Sudzhi, 20 and 25 kilometers from the cordon with Ukraine.
According to the publications of “Z-channels”, the attack was carried out with the participation of mechanized columns. The Russians also announced attacks in two more areas – not far from the cordon on the day before the village of Glushkovo and in the area of another controlled ZSU in the outskirts of the region (Tyotkino).
Photo: analysts inform that Ukrainian The military carried out attacks on three directions in Kursk region (radiosvoboda.org)
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation called the actions of the Ukrainian army a “counterattack” and indicated that the ZSU assault group, which carried out a counterattack, was “prepared to be destroyed.”
Natomist OSINT analyst with no one Def Mon analyzed that the Ukrainian military managed to advance 2.7 km into Russian territory on the first day of the new offensive. Nowadays it becomes unknown how Ukraine was able to consolidate its position.
Photo: incredibly, the Ukrainian military has penetrated 2.7 km deep into the Russian Federation (x.com/DefMon3)
The American Institute for the Prevention of War, publishing a map, reports those who Ukrainian fighters achieved tactical successes.
Geolocation footage, published on the 5th and 6th, shows that Ukrainian forces have pushed forward near the modern part of Berdyn, the central part of Rus'kyi Porichny and in the central part Novosotnytskogo (all these areas are rezoned to Sudzhi).
Photo: from the data of ISW analysts, the offensive of the ZSU in Kursk is alarming regions in Ukraine have tactical successes (understandingwar.org)
In addition, as evidenced by the ISW analysis, this week Ukraine has activated at least two areas of the main entry into Kursk region: in the area of Mykilsky Oleksandria (on the street from Malaya Lokna) and on the street from Russian Hemp (on the street from Sudzhi).
The Ukrainian project DeepState 5 has now reported that in parallel with the assault operations of the Defense Forces, the enemy plans to launch an attack on Mala Loknya, Sverdlikovo and Leonidivka. The next day, analysts updated the map of military operations in the Kursk region.
Photo: the front line could shift to Berdin village (deepstatemap.live)
Based on their data, the front line and the “gray zone” extended to Berdin by approximately 3 kilometers. However, the territory becomes disputed, without confirmed Ukrainian control.
The Ukrainian side traditionally comments strictly on the ZSU. Moreover, if you take into account the information of the General Staff of the ZSU, then most of the combat battles for loot fall on the territory of the Kursk region. For example, for up to 6 days from 218 there is a fear of attack on all directions 94 – it fell on that same direction.
It is also obvious that the dynamics of military operations on the territory of the Kursk region is the greatest, as noted in the commentary of RBC-Ukraine by the great speaker of the General Staff of the ZSU, military expert Vladislav Seleznyov.
What is known from official statements
According to the words of Andriy Kovalenko, a minister at the Center for Counteracting Disinformation, in the Kursk region there are now “great worries among the Russians, because they were attacked in many directions and this became an obstacle for them.”
To inform the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak about the events in the Kursk region on the 5th of September, Andriy Ermak published a message from whom, apparently, he came across the activation of the ZSU there.
“Kurshchina, good news, Russia takes away those it deserves,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
National Guard riverman Ruslan Muzichuk is broadcasting a telethon of recognition in Kursk ZSU operation and others pіdrozdіlіv “directed to the creation of hostile minds for enemy forces, which were located in this direction, and on the damaged logistics.”
In his words, this effect is no less significant in the Kharkiv region, at the border outside the Sumy region, and in other directions at the front. Because the opponent of the former attempts to transfer his buds from the previous directives, from the beginning, and from other directives in order to strengthen the grouping itself in the Kursk region.
“And at the same time we are very interested in the activity of our The greatest forces are focused on eliminating this area, eliminating the initiative here,” Muzichuk adds.
What you can do goals of Ukraine: thoughts of experts
The Russian military said that “the goal is to attack the ZSU and Kursk and the AES from the Kurchatov area.” However, it is also significant that President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine could have wanted the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, but did not want anything.
In the opinion of expert Seleznyov, the Kursk place itself does not have a purpose Ukrainian forces.
“At this hour, the activities of Russian individuals are being strained. But it is simply impossible. To implement this task, hundreds of thousands of special resources are required. Obviously, we have such resources in our territory There is no Kursk region. And yet talking about the globalization of the movement in the Kursk region and bringing the Kursk AES, in my opinion, is not right,” explained Seleznyov.
Military expert, SBU expert Ivan Stupak, in a commentary on the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel, admitted that the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region has two marks: 30% military and 70% political.
What is the fuss about the military warehouse, according to Stupak, this could be Ukraine’s damn attempt to gain the respect of Russians from Ukraine, which prompted them to withdraw their forces from Pokrovska, from Kurakhovoy and move them to Kursk. To create another great point of tension.
“70% of the political warehouse – let us again guess what we can earn, show again that the power of the Russian Federation is weak. It is also possible to try to create tension in the Russian marriage, to create a song of strength internal movements of people,” admits Stupak.
It is noteworthy that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been stressing for days the importance of Ukraine’s position in the Kursk region for the upcoming negotiations.
“Our position in Kursk is important, because, incredibly, they will be confident in any negotiations that may occur in the coming century,” he emphasized.
Political scientist Igor Reiterovich does not exclude that the history of the Kursk region holds great promise for Donald Trump. Remnants in the reality of the elected US President are those that can be sold to Russia for “trading”.
“Having said, marvel, “Ukraine will make a gesture of goodwill,” leaving the territory of the Kursk region, if we want a gesture of goodwill from you, and please. I give you this, and what do you give me, Do you give it to Ukraine? Trump’s logic is even simpler. And perhaps the stink of such comments is immediately lost,” Reiterovich said in a comment to the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel.
We remember that the ZSU operation in the Kursk region began on the 6th sickle of last year. Since then, the Russians have been trying to regain control of the region. Following the data from RBC-Ukraine, the deadline is for the Kremlin to supply the Ukrainian army again – 1 month.
However, although the Russian army, vikoryst, from the military forces of Eastern Korea, was able to conquer part of the territory, 481.94 square meters are now lost under the control of the ZSU. km of the Kursk region (another 166.77 sq. km of the region in the “gray zone”).
Photo: ZSU operation map in the Kursk region (deepstatemap.live)
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that in exactly 5 months Ukraine will maintain a buffer zone on Russian territory. And in just one hour of the Kursk operation, the enemy had already lost more than 38 thousand of their soldiers there, of which about 15 thousand were irrevocable.
With their help in the General Staff of the ZSU, supporting the operation, They emphasized that the Kursk operation was also aimed at preventing the advance of the enemy in the Sumy region.
Moscow was also hesitant to ask for help from Pyongyang, which sent as many as 12 thousand of its soldiers to the Russian Federation. About 4 thousand of them have already been liquidated, and some of the species have lost their usefulness.
In addition, the operation forced the Russians to transfer significant resources to the Kursk region, weakening their positions on other front lines. The Russian Federation troops gathered there one of the largest combat units of the airborne troops, naval warfare and special forces.
More than an hour of the operation in Kursk region, Ukrainian forces They took in a total of 860 Russian military personnel, substantially replenishing the exchange fund. This made it possible to return home hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners who had been in Russian trials.
During the preparation of the material, the following were investigated: statements of the CPD chief Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the OP Andriy Yermak, NSU river worker Ruslan Muzichuk, President Volodymyr Zelensky, information from the ZSU General Staff, maps from the American Institute of Warfare (ISW), DeepState maps, Telegram channel “Agency”, as well as exclusive expert comments for RBC-Ukraine.
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