Breakthrough in the rear of the Russian Federation and indentation under the pressure of the DPRK: the Armed Forces revealed the exclusive details of Kursk operation
After that, he told about the unexpected order of the commander -in -chief Alexander Sirsky, just published in Kiev - to develop a plan of invasion of the Russian Federation. The military mentioned this in a comment to The Washington Post, published on August 11. According to the newspaper, Ukraine hoped to establish control of approximately 1300 square meters to exchange these lands in its own territories.
However, after prolonged retreat under the control of the Armed Forces, approximately 10 square kilometers remain. Nevertheless, the Kursk operation exposed the Kremlin's inability to protect its area from the war and proved that the "most powerful weapons" of Ukraine are the ability to amaze. "At first, we planned to spend more raids, but then I gave up this idea, because I realized that we needed this territory. She needed for a long time," Syrsky confessed to reporters.
Voloshin remembered how first heard the plan of the offensive, he thought that the higher command was "crazy". The commander of the 80th assault brigade refused to participate in the operation and was released. However, only six weeks of summer forced the colonel to change the idea. Fearing the leakage of information, Ukraine has not informed any partner, including the United States. "Victories love silence. They are born in silence and are preparing in silence.
When an information campaign is created or shown," Give me it, give me that ", then, of course, the enemy knows about it too and prepares," - said Sirsky. He stressed that this time the Ukrainians "had to win". The commander -in -chief sent thousands of fighters to training, where they practiced assault maneuvers. However, they did not know where they would actually fight.
The consent of the soldiers was thrown together with the technique for Sumy and it seemed that they were preparing for defense in the event of a hostile offensive. The commander of the 225th separate assault battalion, Major Oleg Shiryaev, prepared his soldiers for Kursk operation, which he actually learned only two weeks before they crossed the border. "I thought we would either die or be surrounded," he remembered his first reaction.
However, by the end of the day, on August 6, Shiryaev transferred the headquarters to the Russian base in the village of Darino. "We had documents of the enemy, maps of mine fields, maps of artillery positions and everything else. And we continued to run," he said. In two days, Shiryaev fighters went to five. During the offensive in the Kursk region, Ukraine used western weapons, including HIMARS of American production.
This allowed to destroy the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at concentration sites. Even the commanders who planned the operation were surprised by the disorderly reaction of the Russian Federation. According to Voloshin, intelligence significantly underestimated the number of Russian troops in the region, and if the data were more accurate, Ukrainians could not decide on the offensive. However, the enemy was disorientation.
Syrsky expected that the Russians would run through an unexpected blow and happened. Ukraine has already begun to retreat slowly when thousands of North Korean soldiers suddenly appeared in the Kursk direction. They were moving in large groups and seemed not noticed dangerous UAVs. With the onset of winter, according to Ukrainian special forces, the DPRK fighters were even more threatening.
"Without Koreans, they would not succeed," Syrsky assured, commenting on the ability of the Russian Federation to repel Kursk operation. Subsequently, the Russians also resorted to the effect of surprise - they developed an ambush plan in the rear, sending the fighters to the Armed Forces positions due to the disconnected underground gas pipeline. This has had their consequences for the enemy: the soldiers died and suffered from health problems, including collapse of lungs and chemical poisoning.
However, according to Shiryaev, the Ukrainian forces were not ready for this trick. "This is another case when we step on the same rake," he said. The publication added that even despite the increase in the fears of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, many Ukrainians consider the Kursk surgery successful, because it detained the occupiers for the whole year.
We will remind, on August 6 in the Armed Forces celebrated the anniversary of the offensive in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. Commander -in -Chief Alexander Sirsky summed up the surgery in hostile losses. In an interview with August 7, the general shared that the commanders of the Armed Forces units set the tasks to control pipelines that the Russians could use to exit out. According to Syrsky, the military probably "did not feed" or underestimated hostile boldness.