“In the event of the withdrawal of the Defense Forces from Kursk Oblast, 60,000 invaders will attack Ukraine — The Washington Post January 11, 2:54 PM Share: Russians may cross the border of Ukraine from Kursk Oblast if the Defense Forces retreat (Photo: Special Operations Forces) Defense Forces It is important for Ukraine to keep the Kursk region in Russia before the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House and, as expected, the start of peace talks. If”, — write on: ua.news
Russians can cross the Ukrainian border from the Kursk region if the Defense Forces retreat (Photo: Special Operations Forces)
It is important for the defense forces of Ukraine to hold the Kursk region in Russia before the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House and, as expected, the start of peace talks. If Ukrainian troops withdraw from the region, the 60,000 soldiers that the aggressor country has stationed there will go to Ukraine and occupy even more territory, according to an article in The Washington Post on Saturday, January 11.
Ukraine and the Russian Federation continue the intensified struggle for a plot of land in the Kursk region nine days before Trump’s inauguration. It is expected that the Russian region will become a key point of negotiations with the Kremlin.
At the same time, according to WP, Ukraine is unable to make much progress. The defense forces succeeded “very modest successes” in some areas, but Russia confidently advanced on the left flank and took prisoners. Ukraine had held a bridgehead in the region since August, but was constantly losing territory as the Russian Federation concentrated “intense firepower” there.
They are already communicating with the SBU: the defense forces in the Kursk region captured two soldiers of the North Korean army — Zelenskyi
The WP article states that the August offensive on Kursk was “the only clear combat success of Ukraine in the last year”, which makes it even more important for Kyiv.
“Ukraine has a clear incentive to hold the Kursk region as long as possible, so it makes sense to conduct small operations to improve their position … and try to demonstrate that they still have offensive capabilities in this war,” said military analyst Michael Kofman.
Meanwhile, the aggressor country maintains a large number of troops in the east of Ukraine, where it seeks territorial gains. But the main problem of recent weeks WP calls Russia’s use of North Korean troops in the Kursk region, which, according to the Ukrainian military, are moving forward in large groups, despite threats and losses.
Unlike Russian troops, which usually move in small groups to avoid detection, North Korean soldiers often ignored the drones and marched forward even when their comrades were wounded or killed beside them. Russian troops followed them.
“They are very fresh. When the Russians attack our positions and suffer losses, they retreat. But the North Koreans just keep moving forward,” says a soldier of the 8th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine.
He said that last month 400-500 North Korean soldiers launched an attack on Ukrainian positions, outnumbering Ukrainians at least six times. The battle lasted for eight hours until the Ukrainian side ran out of ammunition and had to retreat. One of the North Korean soldiers was captured, he was wounded and died before he could be interrogated. Other North Korean soldiers, according to the SSO soldier, shot themselves with grenades in order not to be captured by the Ukrainians. The North Korean army suffered heavy losses.
According to the Ukrainian military, with the help of North Korean soldiers, Russia maintains its own army for other tasks on the front lines.
On January 5, it became known that the Defense Forces of Ukraine resumed their offensive in the Kursk region.
The Office of the President of Ukraine reported that this territory should be treated as a resource.
Forbes military columnist David Ax reported on January 6 that Russian and Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region launched separate but simultaneous attacks in different directions, and that one offensive may have been designed to disrupt the other.