The BBC describes how Ukrainians withdrew from the front line in the Kursk region. “Scenes like horror”

Hundreds of damaged cars, armored and off -road vehicles. Many soldiers killed and wounded. The situation changed from “difficult and critical” into “catastrophic”. This was the retreat of Ukrainian forces from the Kurski District in Russia, which resembled the scenes “like from horror” – writes the BBC.

BBC in a Monday report on the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Kurski District in Russiashe emphasized that she received detailed reports from several Ukrainian soldiers who describe the “catastrophic” retreat from the border region under heavy fire, damaged columns of military equipment and constant massive attacks of Russian drones.

The BBC said that the names of the military he quotes were changed. She also reserved that the restrictions on journalists' trips to the fight zone “prevented the full picture of the situation”.

“Panic broke out, the front broke down”

On March 9, a Ukrainian soldier named Wołodymyr, sent a BBC message, in which he announced that he was still in Sudza, where “panic broke out and the front broke”.

Volodymyr wrote that the Ukrainian troops “try to retreat, there are columns of troops and equipment on the road, and Russian drones fly above them.” “It is impossible to withdraw during the day,” he admitted.

The movement of Ukrainian forces and equipment took place on one main route between Suda and the sum Ukraine – BBC reminded.

Wołodymyr said that just a month ago driving on the Sudza-Sumy road was relatively safe. Then the route was “under the total fire control of the enemy, and the drones flew here around the clock.” We have all our logistics here, on one route. Everyone knew that (Russians) would try to cut it off. Unfortunately, as it turned out, it again became a surprise for our command, “Ironized Wołodymyr.

Order to leave the defensive lines

Another military, Maksym, on March 11, reported in a message to the BBC that Ukrainian forces fought to prevent the Sudża-Sumy road to be blocked. “A few days ago we were ordered to leave our defensive lines and carry out an ordered retreat,” he wrote. He added that Russia gathered significant forces to bounce Sudża, including “a large number of North Korean soldiers”.

The BBC reminded that, according to estimates of military analysts, Russia gathered about 70,000 soldiers in Kurski's region, including about 12,000 military from North Korea.

Maksym informed that with the help of drones that could not be disturbed by means of electronic prevention, “the enemy managed to destroy dozens of Ukrainian equipment, and the wrecks of damaged vehicles caused that supply routes became impassable.”

Kurski's direction “has run out”

On the same day, on March 11, a soldier named Anton, cited by the BBC, described the situation as “catastrophic”. “We used to have an advantage in drones, but now we don't have it” – he wrote in correspondence with the British broadcaster. He added that Russia has an advantage in terms of more precise air attacks and more soldiers.

Anton reported that the supply routes were completely cut off. “Logistics no longer work – organized supplies of weapons, ammunition, food and water are no longer possible,” he added. He also wrote that he managed to leave Sudża on foot at night. “We almost died almost. There were drones in the sky all the time,” said Anton. The military predicted that the Ukrainian abutment in the Kurski region would be lost, but – as he put it – “from a military point of view this direction has already exhausted and there is no point in keeping it any longer.”

“Scenes like horror”

Soldier Dmytro compared the retreat from the front in the Kurski region to “Horror Scenes” – writes the BBC. “There are hundreds of damaged cars, armored and off -road vehicles on the roads. Many soldiers were injured and killed,” Dmytro wrote on March 12 in social media.

In correspondence with the BBC, he reported that Russian drones were constantly hunting Ukrainian vehicles. He described his own escape when the car he was driving. He and other military people tried to push the vehicle, and a Russian unmanned aerian woman circulated above them. “He missed the car, but one of ours was injured,” wrote Dmytro. He mentioned that they had to hide in the forest for two hours before they were saved and that many Ukrainian soldiers withdrew from Kursk's district on foot, walking 15-20 km. The situation, he claimed, changed from “difficult and critical” into catastrophic.

In a message sent to BBC on March 14, Dmytro wrote: “In the Kurski region everything is finished … The operation failed.” His estimates indicate that since crossing the border with Russia in August last year thousands of Ukrainian soldiers were killed, BBC said.

Communication messages in Kiev

The chief commander of the Ukrainian army Oleksandr Syrski recently said that the Ukrainian army withdrew to “more favorable positions” and will remain in the Kurski region for so long, “how it will be proper and necessary”. According to his estimates, during fights in the border region, Russia lost over 50,000 soldiers. This number includes killed, wounded and captured.

However, the current situation differs significantly from the one from August last year. Military analysts estimate that two -thirds of over a thousand square kilometers obtained at the beginning of the offensive were lost. The hopes of Ukraine to replace the territory of the Kurski District for part of its territory significantly weakened – says the BBC.