“In general, according to the General Staff, since the beginning of the day, 108 combat clashes took place at the front”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In general, according to the General Staff, since the beginning of the day, 108 combat clashes took place at the front.
Battles continued in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhiv, Lyman, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Kharkiv, Kupyan, Siver, Vremiv, and Orihiv directions.
On January 5, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the NSDC, reported that “Russian troops in Kursk were attacked from several directions, which was a surprise for them.”
According to the American Institute for the Study of War, Ukrainian troops resumed offensive operations in at least three directions within the Ukrainian salient in Russia’s Kursk region and achieved a tactical advance on January 5.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had launched a new assault on Kurshchyna. At the same time, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, announced “good news” from the Kursk region” and that Russia “receives what it deserves.”
The armed forces of Ukraine began an operation in the Kursk region on August 6, occupying more than 1,000 square kilometers. Then the Russian army, with the help of North Korean troops, was able to recapture part of the territory.
In November, the Reuters agency, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian military source who works in the General Staff of Ukraine, reported that due to Russian counterattacks, Ukraine had lost more than 40% of the territory in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, which it captured during hostilities in August. According to the source, Russia has deployed about 59,000 troops in the Kursk region.