No signs Russia has sufficient forces for counteroffensive in Kursk Oblast — Estonian Defense Ministry
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There are currently no signs that Russia has sufficient
forces for a counteroffensive in Kursk Oblast, according to Lt. Col. Matiis
Puusepp, deputy chief of staff of the Estonian Defense Forces Division, reported
ERR.
“Russian social media reports suggest that the Russian Armed
Forces will soon launch a counteroffensive. However, there are currently no
indications that the Russian Armed Forces have enough forces or the necessary
areas to deploy such significant actions,” Puusepp said.
Puusepp noted that the primary combat activities are
occurring near Sudzha, approximately 44 kilometers northeast of Sumy and about
10 kilometers from the state border.
“Based on data from open-source maps, over 500 square kilometers of territory in Kursk Oblast is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” he added.
Ukraine’s offensive in Russia’s Kursk Oblast
On Aug. 6, Russian propagandists claimed that Ukrainian
Armed Forces had allegedly infiltrated the Sudzha district
of Kursk Oblast
According to DeepState,
within the first day of the raid, Ukrainian forces had captured three villages
and surrounded the Sudzha checkpoint.
On Aug. 9, the mayor of Kurchatov, Ihor Korpunkov, reported
that fighting was taking place several dozen kilometers from the city, where
the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located.
On Aug. 11, AFP, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian official,
reported that thousands of Ukrainian soldiers were participating in a military
operation in Kursk Oblast.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr
Zelenskyy confirmed for the first time that the Defense Forces were
conducting operations in Kursk Oblast. He emphasized that the goal of the
operation was to liberate Ukraine’s border territories from Russian forces that
had been regularly shelling Sumy Oblast.
On the same day, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed
Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Ukrainian troops control
about 1,000 square kilometers in Kursk Oblast.
On Aug. 13, Zelenskyy announced control over 74 settlements
in the Russian region.
On Aug. 14, Syrskyi announced that Ukrainian forces had
completed the destruction of the occupiers in the city of Sudzha. Ukrainian journalists
shared video footage from the city.
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