Ukraine plans to maintain control over part of Russia's Kursk Oblast. Russia has thrown 45,000 military personnel into the counteroffensive to regain control (but) half of them are newly recruited soldiers without combat experience. The North Korean alliance is evidence that Russia lacks the people and weapons to wage this war of attrition. The mission in Kursk is "to demonstrate that Russia is weak and cannot defend its territory."
Ukraine plans to maintain control over part of Russia's Kursk Oblast as the aggressor state advances on the Donetsk front and threatens a new offensive in the south, Spanish publication El País reported on Nov. 11.
Military personnel who were in Sumy Oblast at the end of October confirmed that what they need most is more weapons. According to journalists, their numbers are better than those of the brigades holding the defense in the southern part of. Donetsk Oblast.
In Kursk Oblast, rotation among border guards occurs every 10 days, said a soldier named Vadym. According to an unnamed soldier, the rotation in this region initially took place every three days. Near Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, the average time spent by infantry on the front line this October was 25 days, according to data from four brigades, the newspaper writes.
The invasion of Kursk Oblast is a personal stake for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the success of the operation determines not only on his political future but also the future of the country, the article states. The obstacles to Zelenskyy's goals are significant, especially after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election. The Russian invasion forces are also preparing a new offensive on the southern front in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.
Journalists assert that Russia has regained a third of the lost territories in its province, while the Ukrainian side continues to have the offensive initiative.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has thrown 45,000 military personnel into the counteroffensive to regain control of Kursk Oblast. Interviewed military personnel note that half of them are newly recruited soldiers without combat experience.
For the Ukrainian president, the North Korean alliance is evidence that Russia also lacks the people and weapons to wage this war of attrition.
"The goal is to continue the offensive because in the future we can break through the front," says Sergeant Yaroslav of the 225th Separate Air Assault Battalion.
The soldier added that the mission in Kursk is "to demonstrate that Russia is weak and cannot defend its territory."
Commander of the air assault company Yevhen said that the raid on Kursk Oblast was a surprise, and the Russian forces did not mine the area and did not build fortifications, as they did on the occupied territories in Ukraine.
In the opinion of Ukrainian military personnel, the Russian forces have two significant advantages. On one hand, there is their advantage in the air. In the Sumy and Kursk oblasts, explosions constantly resound after strikes by guided bombs from Russian bombers.
"The Russians are concentrating their airstrikes against our logistical network," said a fighter from the 95th Air Assault Brigade with the call sign Tekhnik.
“In July, to reach the positions where we are fighting, we had to travel 15 kilometers, then it was 30, and now it is 45 kilometers.”
Another advantage of the Russians is communication. Military personnel confirm that they cannot use mobile phones because there is no coverage and they communicate mainly with the help of radios. Another serious problem for Ukraine is that its forces cannot use Starlink satellite connections on Russian territory.
Situation in Kursk Oblast
On Aug. 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed for the first time the Defense Forces’ operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. He emphasized that the operation aims to liberate Ukrainian border areas from Russian forces, who have regularly shelled Sumy Oblast.
On Oct. 10, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi revealed that Russia had deployed 50,000 troops to Kursk Oblast from other sectors.
On Oct. 16, President Zelenskyy announced that the victory plan includes continuing operations on Russian territory and strengthening the UAF’s offensive capabilities.
On Nov. 5, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov confirmed the first minor skirmish with North Korean forces on the Kursk front.
According to The New York Times, North Korean troops deployed to the front in Russia’s Kursk Oblast suffered initial losses in clashes with Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
On Nov. 7, DeepState monitoring group analysts reported that Russian forces launched a new wave of offensive actions in Kursk Oblast. As reported by Forbes, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Kursk Oblast, likely with North Korean soldiers’ support.
On the same day, President Zelenskyy confirmed to Western partners that soldiers from North Korea had suffered their first losses in battles with Ukrainian military personnel in Kursk Oblast.
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