Russia says it is stopping Kiev’s military advance

Russia says it is stopping Kiev’s military advance

2024-08-11 12:57:00

The Russian military acknowledged on Sunday that Ukrainian troops had penetrated deep into the Kursk region and claimed to have stopped their advance at several locations about thirty kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

War breaks out in Russia

In a statement, she claimed to have stopped “Try to break through” of “Mobile Armored Regiment” The enemy is located near Tolpino, Zhuravli and Obshikolodze, about 30 kilometers from Ukraine as the crow flies. According to the source, these advances were stopped in the past 24 hours by air, drone and artillery strikes, as well as the organization’s dispatch of reserve forces. “north”, Deployed in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.

The surprise attack on Kiev

Russian forces also claimed to have hit Ukrainian forces with missiles and artillery near the towns of Sudja, Korenevo, Staraya Sorochitsa and Bolki, and to have prevented a breakthrough in the Belovsky region further east.

After months of retreating from the Kremlin’s forces in the east, Ukrainian troops launched a major operation on Tuesday in the Kursk region on the Russian border, infiltrating dozens of kilometers and taking control of several areas, according to analysts. Faced with this surprise attack, Russia sent reinforcements to establish a regime “Counter-terrorism” Three border regions of Ukraine, including Kursk.

Vladimir Putin’s shame

If other invasions in the past, especially in March, were anything to go by, this one was on a completely different scale. It involved the coordinated use of drones, armored vehicles, tanks, but most importantly regular troops, estimated to number between 1,000 and 5,000. The Ukrainian brigades were highly mobile and, taking advantage of the surprise, quickly broke through the first line of defense.

For Vladimir Putin, this “surprise” from Kiev is a real shame. He looks a bit like a naked king, unable to prevent his country from being ravaged by war. For two days, hundreds of displaced people arrived at the Moscow railway station with only a suitcase. The Kursk city government received 16,000 requests for help from people fleeing the conflict zone.