Ukraine attacks Russia’s Kursk region with a mechanized attack and Russia tries to repel the offensive

Russian and Ukrainian troops continue fighting for a second straight day in the Kursk border region after a mechanized enemy raid that left Russian President, Vladimir Putincalled it a “large-scale provocation.”

What sets this Ukrainian border raid apart from previous ones is that it was not claimed by the Russian volunteer groups loyal to Kiev, who also did not officially take responsibility for the attack.

The previous attempted attack by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region took place in March last time, when, according to the FSB, more than 100 enemy soldiers were killed and six tanks were destroyed.

“As is known, the regime in Kiev has carried out a new large-scale provocation. It is carrying out indiscriminate bombardments with various types of weapons, including rockets, on civilian buildings, residential buildings and ambulances,” Putin said.

The Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimovhas put the number of men taking part in the raid at a thousand, the target of which was to be the Sudzha district, a progress which – he said – “has been stopped.”

Since the first year of the war, Moscow has failed to guarantee border security, especially in the Belgorod and Kursk regionsthat Kiev has practically turned into a war zone, prompting Putin to raise the need to create a security zone in northeastern Ukraine.

In addition, Putin has asked the government to “immediately” ensure assistance to civilians affected by the enemy invasion, which has forced the evacuation of several thousand citizens.

Although Moscow assured the day before that it had repelled the Ukrainian attack, the Ministry of Defense today acknowledged that fighting continued for the second day in a row to drive out enemy forces that had penetrated several kilometers into its territory.

Numbers war

He Russian government He assures that his army has inflicted 260 casualties on the enemy – Gerasimov spoke of 315 and a hundred dead – to which we must add more than fifty armored vehicles, including seven tanks and two rocket launchers.

According to him Ukrainian military channel DeepStateUkrainian forces, which have not officially confirmed the operation, have captured several Russian soldiers. Russian media confirmed the identity of the detainees, two recruits charged with defending the border, who in turn confirmed the arrest of a sergeant.

This influential Telegram channel also reported the destruction of two Russian tanks, a Ka-52 helicopter, a military truck and a group of soldiers that were on a bridge in the area.

Target: Sudzha

However, according to the well-known Russian military blogger RybarUkrainian troops are said to have fortified themselves in three places in the Sudzha district. One of the objectives of the invasion is said to be a gas meter in Sudzha, a tank responsible for measuring the flow of Russian gas on its way to Europe through Ukrainian territory.

In addition, both sides are reportedly fighting for control of several towns a few kilometers from the border, while another 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers are reportedly stationed on the other side of the administrative line awaiting orders, Rybar said on his Telegram channel.