“Russia intensified its shelling of the city of Suja, Kursk Oblast, and its neighboring villages. Source: the press officer of the temporary military commander’s office on the territory of the Russian Federation Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi on TV, quoted by “Ukrinform” Dmitrashkivskyi’s direct speech: “The civilian population is at home or in a boarding school mainly because the enemy has greatly intensified the shelling of the settlement of Suja and the villages adjacent to it.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Russia intensified its shelling of the city of Suja, Kursk Oblast, and its neighboring villages.
Source: press officer of the temporary military commandant’s office on the territory of the Russian Federation Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi on TV, quoted by “Ukrinform”
Direct speech Dmytroshkivskyi: “The civilian population is in homes or boarding schools, mainly because the enemy has intensified their shelling of the settlement of Suja and the villages adjacent to it. Many villages are simply gone.
From August 6 to today, 36 civilians were killed as a result of aerial and artillery shelling of the city of Suja. About 100 people were injured – of severe and moderate severity.”
Details: Dmytrashkivskyi noted that the enemy is very actively using the S-300 in the city of Suja.
According to him, FPV drones fly like “swarms of bees” and record any movement.
Direct speech Dmytroshkivskyi: “According to intelligence data, to date, Russia has delivered 12,000 FPV drones, about 800 Lancets, and 2,500 Maviks to the Kursk region.
That is, a large number of unmanned aircraft that are used today.”
What preceded: On the night of January 5, the armed forces began offensive operations in the Kursk region.
Before that, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Kursk area and awarded the soldiers there.
Prehistory:
- The armed forces of Ukraine crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border near the city of Suja, Kursk region, on August 6, 2024.
- On August 12, the Ukrainian authorities for the first time confirmed the participation of the Armed Forces in a special operation on the territory of the Kursk region.
- In particular, the city of Suja is under the control of Ukraine, Ukrainian and foreign journalists have visited there. The FSB of Russia opened criminal cases against American and Ukrainian journalists who filmed materials in the area of the city of Suja, Kursk region of the Russian Federation, after it was taken under the control of Ukrainian troops.
- As of August 20, the Ukrainian military took control of more than 1,260 square kilometers of territory and 93 settlements in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
- On August 30, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi reported at a meeting of the General Staff that the Ukrainian military had advanced up to two kilometers in separate directions in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation during the day and had taken control of 5 square kilometers of enemy territory.
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