Russian forces retaliated against Ukrainian troops using missiles, drones, and airstrikes, a senior commander reported on Tuesday, claiming that Ukraine’s advance had been stopped following the most significant assault on Russian territory since the conflict began.
Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers launched a surprise incursion across the Russian border last week, which Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested was intended to strengthen Kyiv’s position in potential negotiations and to impede the progress of Russian forces at the front.
The Ukrainian troops secured a portion of Russian land, prompting Moscow to evacuate nearly 200,000 people while deploying reinforcements.
Russian military bloggers described fierce combat across the Kursk front as Ukrainian forces attempted to expand their control. However, they also noted that Russia was deploying additional troops and heavy weaponry, successfully repelling numerous Ukrainian attacks.
Russia’s defense ministry released footage showing Sukhoi Su-34 bombers attacking what it identified as Ukrainian forces in the Kursk border area and claimed it had thwarted assaults on villages approximately 26-28 km (16-17 miles) from the border.
Over the course of the week-long battle, Russian forces reported the destruction of 35 Ukrainian tanks, 31 armored personnel carriers, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, and 179 other armored vehicles.
Major General Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen Akhmat special forces unit, stated that Ukraine’s rapid advance had been stopped, and that the Ukrainian forces realised their planned blitzkrieg had failed.
The control of the Russian town of Sudzha, through which Russia transports gas from Western Siberia to Ukraine and then on to Slovakia and other EU countries, remained unclear. On Tuesday, Gazprom reported that it was still delivering gas to Ukraine through Sudzha.
Kursk’s acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, announced on Monday that Ukraine had taken control of 28 settlements in the region, with the incursion stretching about 12 km deep and 40 km wide. Meanwhile, Ukraine claimed it had captured 1,000 square km (386 square miles) of Russian territory, more than double the area indicated by Russian reports.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Western leaders pledged to help Ukraine defeat Russian forces and reclaim its territory. In 2022, Ukraine regained substantial territory, but its 2023 counteroffensive failed to breach heavily fortified Russian defenses. This year, Russian forces have been making gains deeper into Ukrainian territory, with Russia now controlling nearly one-fifth of the land internationally recognised as Ukraine.
Follow us on:
President Bola Tinubu on Friday declared that his purpose for seeking the nation's number one…
Kano state government is partnering Tony Blair Institute for Global Change to attract $23.5 million…
Nigeria's federal government has said it is currently reviewing the nation’s legal frameworks, among other…
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and the Port Harcourt International Airport have been recognised…
https://cdn.veri.app/13646108-d5ec-478b-a54c-b01f60dbca29.mp4 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu On Thursday directed Vice President, Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s…
The United Sates (US) Vice President Kamala Harris has expressed her willingness to use her…
View Comments
👇📞📞📞CUSTOM SERVICE RECUITMENT/
REPLACEMENT FORM IS NOW ON SALES
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS CALL OFFICER
INCHARGE ON /// FOR PURCHASE
AND CLEARANCE__&THE AUCTIONING OF
UNCLEARED IMPOUNDED VEHICLES HAS
BEGAN-CONTACT Officer
0N (O8O__6739__9O9O ) <some cars&prices="">•Go
lf2&3 N300,000,GOLF4&5 N400,000.
•Toyota Rav4 N1m450,000
•Toyota4Runner N1m400,000
•Toyota Avalon N1m500,000
•Toyota Avensis N950,000
•ToyotaCamry N950,000
•Toyota Corolla N850,000
•Toyota HiacebusN1m700,000
•Highlander N1m650,000
•Toyota HiLux N1m850,000
•Toyota Matrix N650,000
•Toyota Prado N1m750,000
•Toyota venza N1m750,000
•SEINNA N750,000
•Toyota picnic N800,000
•HondaAccordN950,000
•Honda Civic N850,000
•Honda Evilspirit 950,000
•HondaPilot N900,000
•Infiniti FX35 N850,000
•InfinitiFX45 N900,000
•RangeRover sport N2.6M
•Land Rover N2,000,000
•Lexus RX330 N600,000
•Lexus RX350 N2m650,000
•BMW X5 N1m500 000
•BMW X6 N2m550,000
•Benz E-class N1m500,000
BUY YOUR BAGS OF RICE IN A LOWER PRICE
OF *15,500 AND GROUNDNUT OIL #10, 500 CONTACT Officer Omar
ON O8O__6739__9O9O FOR MORE
INFORMATION AND PURCHASE . Royal
Umbrella=#19,500 00. Mama Gold=#18 00. Royal
Stallion=#18,500 . Otunba=#18,500 . Rising
Sun=#19,500 . Special Rice=#19, 500.
Africa=#25,500. Royal Crown=#19, 500.
Brazil=#18,500. Elephant Gold=#19, 500. Super
Eagle=#19,500. PJS=#18, 500. Tomato
Rice=#18, 500. Caprice=#19,500. Gino Oil=#15, 500.
Turkey Oil=#11,000. WE DELIVER TO ANY PART
OF THE COUNTRY UPON THE CUSTOMER(S).