Russia successfully prevents Ukrainian troops from advancing further into Kursk Oblast

According to a report by Russian Satellite News Agency on August 12, 2024, Aleksey Smirnov, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast in Russia, said on the 11th that more troops and equipment are arriving in Kursk Oblast continuously, and the Russian army is making every effort to ensure the safety of civilians.

Since August 6, the Ukrainian army has launched a large-scale invasion of the Kursk region of Russia, which has attracted widespread attention from the international community. This is the first time since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out that the Ukrainian army has sent large-scale ground troops to launch an attack on Russian territory, which is completely different in nature from the previous guerrilla attacks by armed elements in Russian territory. It is reported that at the beginning, hundreds of Ukrainian troops and dozens of vehicles including tanks and armored vehicles flooded the Russian border. More than 300 people were sent for the breakthrough first, forming a nearby salient, and then the number of troops was continuously increased depending on the battle situation. In 3 days, the Ukrainian army has captured 27 strongholds in the Kursk region and controlled 430 square kilometers. The latest news shows that the Ukrainian army has broken through three defense lines, gradually expanding from three attack points to six attack points. Videos show that Ukrainian flags are everywhere in Suja. The Ukrainian army has advanced deep to 90 kilometers from the Russian border and even reached Kopeysk, which is only 435 kilometers from Moscow. Currently, a total of 700 square kilometers of territory in Kursk has been controlled.

Facing the attack of the Ukrainian army, the Russian army seemed to be caught off guard and was in a passive state. In a video posted on Russian social media, it can be seen that a convoy of Russian trucks was attacked as a whole, and local residents only captured the charred remains of the trucks. From the inside, one can still vaguely see a large number of stacked corpses and burned supplies. But no matter which explanation, it is undeniable that this already indicates that the Russian army's front line in Kursk is not optimistic. According to the currently more accurate figures, the Ukrainian army has occupied more than 400 square kilometers of Russian territory and torn an opening of more than 30 kilometers on the southern border of Russia.

After the raid on Kursk occurred, Moscow quickly held a meeting of the Federal Security Council to deploy the defense of the homeland, but so far the advance of the Ukrainian army has not stopped. It is said that there has been a firefight in the suburbs less than 30 kilometers from Kursk, and the Ukrainian army has built fortifications on the occupied territory for defense. Although it may not be wise for the Ukrainian army to actively extend the battle line and lengthen its own logistics supply line, this also indicates that the logistics support work in the occupied territory does not seem to have been seriously damaged.

On August 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army successfully prevented the attempts of the Ukrainian army to advance further into Kursk Oblast on the same day. In the region, it struck Ukrainian army's armored vehicles, air defense missile systems, radar bases and other targets, and intercepted multiple Tochka-U missiles and multiple drones of the Ukrainian army. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said on the 11th that 8,000 residents have been evacuated from the border area of Kursk Oblast in the past day, and 6,000 of them have been placed in temporary resettlement centers. Russian Health Minister Murashko said that 69 people are still being treated in the hospital.