The offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk Oblast: where the fighting occurs, and whether Russian settlements (map) were seized

On the morning of January 5, a new offensive of the Armed Forces began in the Kursk region: Russian volunteer and exader of the governor of the region Roman Alyokhin announced the movement of the Ukrainian army northeast of Sudzhi. Later, the onset of the offensive was confirmed on social networks by the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak. Focus has gathered everything that is now known about the promotion of the Ukrainian army in Kurshchyna.

According to the Russian media, the forces of Ukraine's defense forces are on the city of Sudzha and in the direction of the village of Velika Soldativsk. The expert of the governor of the region Roman Alyokhin announced on the morning of January 5 that the Armed Forces approached the farm of Berdyn of the Greater Soldativsky district of Kursk region and began shooting fights, and later reported on the offensive in the Korenevsky direction.

Alyokhin also noted that the areas of the Armed Forces' attacks "tightly covered with a reboy", which made it impossible for the Russians to use drones and allowed Ukrainian fighters to move freely in Russian territory. The Russian propaganda Telegram-Channel "Operation Z: Voenokori Russian Spring" Russian Publick "Warrior Zavenny Zapodomizer" reported that the Armed Forces occur along the 38K-2004 route in the direction of Berdyn, and the big soldier, also wrote about fighting in Berdin. Heave.

The offensive of Ukrainian fighters was commented by the military correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda Alexander Kotz. He confirmed that the Armed Forces is actively moving in the direction of a large soldier, stepping in small groups under the cover of tanks and BBM at Novoivanovka in the west and in the east.

According to his assumptions, the information coverage of the offensive by the Ukrainian authorities may indicate that it will not be the main blow, he expects another blow from the Shostka district of Sumy region. The Mash Propaganda Telegram channel wrote that according to their military militarymen, 2,000 people occur in the amount of 2,000 people, in addition to the Great Soldier, they also move towards the city of Legov to the north of Sudzh.

A number of Russian propaganda media wrote that the Armed Forces could capture Berdin settlement. In particular, at 10 am, DONTSTOPWAR wrote a Telegram channel and reported that Russian troops had receded to the settlement of Novotesotnitsky. Later, Berdyn and Novototnitsky called the channel "gray zone". In turn, as at 11:38, the media shot reported that Berdyin remains under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak at 10:55 hinted at good news from the Kursk direction. "Kurchyna, good news, Russia receives what it deserves," he wrote. The head of the Center for Combating Misinformation at NSDC Andriy Kovalenko also reported the attack of defense forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. "There are big experiences in the Kurshchyna because they were attacked in several directions and it was a surprise for them," he said.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces in the Construction as of 4:00 pm did not talk about the attack on Russian villages and did not specify the locations of fighting. The message only states that there were 42 hostages in the region, 12 of which are still ongoing. The Ministry of Defense of Russia at a summary at 12:00 on January 5 confirmed that the Armed Forces had a counter -attack in the Kursk direction at about 9 am "in order to stop the offensive of Russian troops".

The Russian Office reported that the attack in the direction of the Berdin Farm was carried out by a Ukrainian assault group consisting of two tanks, an engineering car of the rebirth and twelve combat armored vehicles with a landing. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation assures that they have destroyed several units of Ukrainian equipment, and indicate that the fighting is ongoing.

The governor of Kursk region Alexander Hinstein duplicated information from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and wrote that he considered "wrong and even inadmissible when civil authorities comment on the actions of the armed forces and evaluates the situation on the front", and also urged the residents not to return to the "gray zone". There were no other comments from the Russian authorities at the time of publishing the material.

The breakthrough on the border of the Sumy region of the defense force was made on August 6. In less than two days the Armed Forces seized 350 square kilometers of the Russian Federation. On August 9, MP Yuri Misyagin announced that the Ukrainian fighters had seized the judge. On August 12, the Provisional Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Oleksiy Smirnov stated that Ukraine controls 28 settlements.

On the same day, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Sirsky first confirmed the operation and reported that Ukraine controls 1000 square meters. km of the territory of Russia. Ukrainian fighters during the operation massively captured the Russians in captivity, on August 15 in the SBU Focus told about the capture of 102 Russians at a time. The active offensive lasted until early September.

In September 8, the Institute for Studying War reported about the Russian counterattack in Root, east of the roots in the Olgivka area and southeast of Sudzh. In early October, reported that the DPRK would send soldiers to Ukraine, and on October 31, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky reported that the Armed Forces would encounter a battle with the DPRK in the coming days.