Kursk Incursion: what the goal is and what caused Russian defenses to fail
Ukraine has been able to capture as much of the adversary’s territory in just 10 days as the Russian army has occupied in Ukraine over nearly eight months of this year
18 August 2024
Ukraine has been able to capture as much of the adversary’s territory in just 10 days as the Russian army has occupied in Ukraine over nearly eight months of this year
17 August 2024
The operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Russia’s Kursk region is unfolding exactly as planned, and Ukrainian defenders are reinforcing their positions there.
Soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine damaged about ten positions of the Russian army in the Serebryansky forest in Luhansk region using bombs dropped from drones.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported to President Volodymyr Zelensky on the reinforcement of Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region and the expansion of the stabilized area.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) has shown Ukrainian scouts eliminating Russian invaders in close combat.
There were 132 combat engagements on the front lines in Ukraine in the past day. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsk sector, where 51 attacks were recorded.
16 August 2024
Since the beginning of the day, 99 combat engagements have taken place at the front. In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy lost nearly 350 occupiers killed or wounded.
Ukraine's operation in the Kursk region contributes to the destruction of the Russian army's logistics and the consumption of their reserves.
It can be expected that Russia will deploy the necessary forces to launch a counter-offensive and push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region.
Ukraine is conducting an operation in the Kursk region with the help of military support from Western countries, and it is very important for them that all actions take place in accordance with the rules of war.
Russia has begun to deploy forces to the Kursk region to prevent the advance of Ukrainian units deeper into Russian territory.
Since the launch of the Black Sea maritime corridor a year ago, 2,300 vessels have entered the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. The volume of cargo turnover exceeded 64 million tonnes.
Over the past day, 256 Russian attacks were recorded in the area of responsibility of the Tavria operational and strategic grouping of troops.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) neutralised a network of Russian agents in Kherson who were reconnoitering the locations of the Defence Forces and spying on officials of the regional military administration.
15 August 2024
Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, appealed to the head of the UOC (in unity with the Moscow Patriarchate), Metropolitan Onufriy and all the hierarchs with a call to launch a dialogue on having the two churches merge into one, without preconditions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the Verkhovna Rada regarding the consideration of a defense-related legislative package, particularly the introduction of amendments to the rules on payments to military personnel participating in operations in Russia's Kursk region.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
The decision to dismiss Education Ombudsman Serhiy Horbachov will be made at the next government meeting.
In the Kharkiv sector of the frontline, one firefight has been taking place near the town of Vovchansk since the beginning of the day on 15 August.
In the area of responsibility of the Tavria operational group of troops, 10 Russian assault attacks were repelled over the past day. The enemy became more active on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region.
Over the past 24 hours, 165 combat engagements took place at the frontline, 58 of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
In Odesa, two citizens suspected of drug trafficking were detained over trying to smuggle into Ukraine a UAH 2.3 million batch of cocaine under the guise of washing powder.
Russian troops have begun digging trenches in the Kursk region as Ukrainian troops advance in this area.
14 August 2024
Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets spoke with Russian Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova about the exchange of prisoners amid the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive in the Kursk region.
The unexpected offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russia’s Kursk region delivered a serious blow to Russian leader Vladimir Putin and has given Ukrainians a “moral booster”.
Since day-start, Ukraine’s forces have reported 106 combat engagements with Russian troops along the frontlines, most of them in the Pokrovsk direction.
Ukraine's operation in Russia's Kursk region, regardless of its military results, already has important foreign policy consequences, because it demonstrates the ability of Ukrainians to fight asymmetrically and torpedoes the "peace process."
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated 70 invaders and obliterated 44 units of weaponry and military equipment in the southern operational zone.
A total of 121 combat engagements with the Russian invasion forces have been reported over the past day in the zone or responsibility manned by the Khortytsia operational and tactical grouping of troops.
The EU Council endorsed the allocation of €4.2 billion worth of macro-financial aid to Ukraine under the €50 billion Ukraine Facility for 2024-2027. President Zelensky enacted legislations extending the validity of martial law, the duration of war conscription campaign