Ukraine launched a series of new attacks on enemy positions in the Kursk Oblast in western Russia. “Russians are very worried,” wrote the head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation on Telegram. The head of the presidential office confirmed the reports about the new offensive, writing that “good news” was coming from the Russian region. Ukrainian forces have controlled part of the Kursk region for five months.
“Russians in the Kursk region are very worried because they were attacked on several sections of the front, which they did not expect,” Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said on Telegram on Sunday.
“The armed forces are working,” Kovalenko added. His reports were confirmed on the same platform by Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president's office Volodymyr Zelensky. “Good news. Russia gets what it deserves,” the politician wrote.
Reuters reported that, according to the Russian statement, Ukraine attacked near the village of Berdin at 7 a.m. Polish time. For the offensive, Ukrainian forces were to use two tanks, a mine clearing vehicle, twelve armored vehicles and paratroopers.
Ukrainian offensive on Russian territory
Ukrainian troops entered the Kursk Oblast on August 6, 2024. It was then explained that one of the goals of their offensive was to force the Russians to transfer some of their forces from… Donbass east Ukraine. At the end of August, Kiev controlled 1,250 square kilometers of the territory of this oblast, but in September, Ukrainian forces began to lose territory as a result of the Russian army's counteroffensive.
In November, sources in the Ukrainian army reported that only about 800 square kilometers of territory were under its control Russia.
According to Western sources, over 10,000 Russians are supporting the Russians in the fighting in the Kursk Oblast. soldiers from North Korea. In yesterday evening's video speech, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the enemy near the village of Makhnovka had suffered heavy losses as a result of Friday and Saturday's fighting. – The Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroopers, the president said.
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