Ukraine’s incursion into Russia is “significant” and much more than an incursion, says our security and defense analyst Professor Michael Clarke.
“It started on Tuesday and looked like one of the attacks by the Russian Freedom Legion,” he says, referring to past incursions through anti-Kremlin (not Ukraine) teams. -even).
“It seemed like one of those attacks – a kind of jab – was intended to embarrass the Russians and cause them some problems,” he adds.
However, over time, it has become apparent that Kyiv may be just the area, after important initial advances.
“It turns out that the Ukrainians have clearly made a decision on this. . . and that within about 48 hours they were supposedly doing it with quite gigantic units,” he added, pointing to reports that tanks and armored vehicles were provided through the Americans and Germans. . had been deployed. been in the field.
Sky News is asking for explanations as to whether British military aircraft were used in the attack.
“They (Ukraine) appear to have taken at least a dozen settlements,” he said.
“They headed to Sudzha, which is a logistics center, and from there they deployed to the northeast and southeast,” he adds.
Sudzha is the last operational point of transshipment of Russian vegetable fuel to Europe, Ukraine.
“They are miles deep in Russia. . . and it’s huge, it’s not just an incursion,” Professor Clarke concludes.
As for Russia’s response, it did not impress.
“The Russians think they could deal with this with some of their reserve battalions,” he said, adding that “that’s the case. ”
If they want to push the Ukrainians back, “they will have to dedicate more [resources]” to Kursk.
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We are now receiving more information about the Ukrainian special forces operation at the Russian-occupied Kinburn Spit in the Black Sea.
Ukraine claims to have destroyed six sets of Russian armored vehicles and that “about three dozen invaders were eliminated. ”
However, the Russian Defense Ministry, quoted by the Interfax news agency, said the raid had been postponed.
According to the statement, some Ukrainian forces were stopped by mines and others were shot with firearms.
Moscow claimed that Ukraine lost 16 “saboteurs” in the operation.
Kinburn Spit is located in the southern Mykolaiv region of Ukraine and juts into the Black Sea.
Moscow’s military’s advantageous position on the spire is considered one of the reasons why Ukraine reopens its ports of Mykolaiv and Kherson and exports goods from them through the Black Sea Corridor.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the leader of his army briefed him on “defensive actions” through the Ukrainian army in spaces used in Russia to launch airstrikes.
The Ukrainian president faced in particular the incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, which made headlines this week.
Ukraine has little data on the operation, with few updates on what exactly is happening.
Russian troops launch airstrikes on Ukraine from the Kursk region.
Throughout the day we informed you of an alleged Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka.
The Ukrainian government now says at least 14 more people were killed in the supermarket attack, compared to 12 previously reported.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously said there were other people under the rubble of a supermarket and a post office.
Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest personal courier company, said its supermarket shipping center was disrupted by the strike.
“All our workers are alive. A colleague suffered a concussion; receives all the help possible,” the company reported in X.
In addition to the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian special forces carried out an amphibious raid on Russia-occupied Kinburn Spit.
The operation destroyed six Russian armored vehicles and personnel, Ukraine’s military intelligence firm said.
Kinburn Spit is located in the southern Mykolaiv region and juts into the Black Sea.
It passed through Russia at the beginning of its large-scale invasion in 2022.
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Fighting continues in Russia’s Kursk region for a fourth day after Ukrainian forces crossed the border earlier this week.
There is still a lot that is unclear and Ukraine remains silent about what it is and its broader purpose in the operation.
These are the things we know. . .
Mathieu Boulegue, a defense analyst at the Chatham House think tank, said the Ukrainians appear to have a transparent purpose in mind, even if they don’t say it.
“This coordinated movement of ground forces responds to a clear, as yet unknown, army that demands excessive operational security,” he said.
At the same time, the attack scares Russian public opinion and is a slap in the face to Russian President Vladimir Putin, providing Ukraine with “a public relations coup,” he added.
The attack “is a great symbol, a great show of force [showing] that the war is frozen, the war is coming to you. “
According to Ukraine, the number of people killed in a Russian attack on a supermarket in the Donetsk region rises to 12.
At least four houses, a shopping centre, a post office and a car wash were destroyed in the attack on Kostiantynivka.
Footage from the scene showed thick black smoke rising into the air as firefighters searched through the rubble.
Some 44 more people were wounded in the attack, which allegedly involved a Kh-38 missile.
Although the extent of the Ukrainian incursion into Russia remains uncertain, the city of Sudzha has been in the midst of considerations in recent days.
Located about 10. 5 km from the border with Ukraine, it is about one hundred km from the regional capital, the city of Kursk.
Sudzha is home to about 5,000 people and is a major fuel transportation hub.
The Ukrainian troops who have crossed the border (estimated to be only several thousand) have reportedly expanded the spaces under their control.