“The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the counteroffensive of Russian troops in the Kursk region – the commandant’s office September 18, 17:02 Share: Road to Kursk, Sumy region, August 13 (Photo: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi) The Russian counteroffensive in the Kursk region has been stopped, part of the territory of the region remains under Ukrainian control. Oleksiy Dmytrashkovskyi, a representative of the commandant’s office of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created on this territory, said. This was stated by the representative of the commandant’s office of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created on this territory, Oleksiy Dmytrashkovsky”, — write on: ua.news
The road to Kursk, Sumy region, August 13 (Photo: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)
The Russian counteroffensive in the Kursk region has been stopped, part of the territory of the region remains under Ukrainian control, said the representative of the commandant’s office of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created in this territory Oleksiy Dmytrashkovskyi.
This was stated by the representative of the commandant’s office of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created on this territory, Oleksiy Dmytrashkovsky, in a comment to AFP, reports Barron’s.
Dmytrashkovskyi said that the Russian troops “tried to attack from the flanks, but they were stopped.” According to him, the Russians entered one of the settlements, started fighting for another settlement, but that’s all.
“The situation has stabilized and today everything is under our control, they did not succeed,” he said.
He specified that the territory controlled by the Armed Forces remains “several thousand” Russian civilians. In some settlements there are more than 100 people.
The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region
On August 12, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time confirmed the operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
He emphasized that the purpose of the operation, which began on August 6, was to liberate the border territories of Ukraine from Russian troops, which regularly shelled the Sumy region.
On August 27, Zelenskyi said that Ukraine is not occupying the Kursk region of Russia, the operation of the Armed Forces in the region only hinders the Russians’ plans to create a buffer zone on Ukrainian territory.
On September 2, the President of Ukraine announced that the operation in the Kursk region is going according to plan and fulfilling its tasks. On September 6, he noted that the Armed Forces control 1,300 square kilometers in the Kursk region, where more than 100 settlements are located.
On September 11, the analytical portal DeepState reported that Russian troops began active assault operations in the Kursk region and are trying to attack Ukrainian forces from several directions.
On September 12, Ukrainian troops, with the support of drones and tanks, broke through a new section of the Russian border west of Ukrainian-controlled territories in the Kursk region.
On September 17, Forbes reported that the Armed Forces may have a new strategy in the Kursk direction — to move quickly and surround thousands of Russian troops.