Ukraine’s armed forces control 28 cities and 480 km2 of territory in Kursk Oblast, Kursk Oblast Governor Alexei Smirnov has told Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kiev claims to control 1,000 km2.
According to Smirnov, the depth of penetration of Ukrainian units in the region is 12 km and the width is 40 km. About 2,000 are considered missing. people. – Nothing is known about their fate for the time being – the governor of the Kursk region said on Monday during the meeting with Putin.
He admitted that the situation in the region was difficult. As he explained, the main problem is the lack of a clear front line and the fact that it is not known exactly where the Ukrainian troops are located – the Interfax agency reports.
According to Smirnov, 12 civilians were killed and over 120 wounded as a result of the fighting. – The Russian army is digging a 46-km-long anti-tank trench in the Kursk region and building 90 firing positions and 40 checkpoints to ensure the implementation of the previously introduced “anti-terrorist operations regime,” the governor said.
Fighting in Kursk Oblast
According to the Financial Times, which cites geolocation data from photos and videos posted online by the Ukrainian military, their advance into Russian territory by Sunday will amount to about 30 km.
According to the Ukrainian channel Deep State, which is monitoring the hostilities, the number of towns occupied by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Oblast is much larger than reported by the Russian side and amounts to 44, while the fate of another ten is unknown.
The Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Oleksandr Syrsky, announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces control about 1,000 km2 of Russian territory.
Ukrainian troops in Russia for seventh day. Putin gave target of attack
Monday marks the seventh day of Ukraine’s operation on Russian territory, which began on August 6. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the aim of the Ukrainian armed forces’ attack on Kursk Oblast is to try to stop the Russian troops’ offensive in Donbas.
– It is clear that the enemy will try to further destabilize the situation in the border zone in order to shake up the internal political situation in our country – he argued.
Putin announced that the Russian Federation would give Ukraine a “worthy response” and that all goals facing Russia “will be achieved anyway”.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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