Russians were not prepared –

Ukraine released the first official images of its forces’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, which began ten days ago, on Friday, August 16. The Kiev Air Assault Forces’ Facebook page posted videos showing the first hours of the operation in the region across the border, which began on August 6, “a day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war.”

Since the Ukrainian army’s “offensive on Kursk” began on August 6, Kiev’s forces claim to have taken control of 82 localities and 1,150 square kilometers. In practice, in just ten days, Ukraine has occupied the same amount of enemy territory as the Russians have been able to invade since the beginning of this year. Updates on this unprecedented offensive on Russian soil were released yesterday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (who declared that full control of the Russian city of Sudya had been taken) and the commander in chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky. “In total,” Syrsky said, “since the start of operations in the Kursk region, our troops have advanced 35 kilometers in depth.” For its part, the Russian army claims to have recaptured a village in the region and announced the dispatch of additional forces to the Belgorod region.

“Although Russia had established defensive lines in the area, it was not prepared to respond to a multi-battalion assault force,” is the analysis of British intelligence on the incursion of Ukrainian forces with Kiev’s military advancing “to a depth of between 10 and 25 kilometers.” “After initial disorganization and disorder,” the Ministry of Defense in London continues on X, the Russian military was deployed “in greater strength in the region,” also probably “along the line of contact” and “began to build additional defensive positions in an effort to impede the Ukrainian advance.”