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Nearly 100 Russian soldiers killed.
The Ukrainian Army has obliterated a Russian military column of 12 trucks bringing infantry reinforcements to the Russian Kursk region in an attempt to stop the Ukrainian invasion.
They were ambushed in the Rylsky district.
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BREAKING:
Nearly 100 Russian soldiers killed.
The Ukrainian Army has obliterated a Russian military column of 12 trucks bringing infantry reinforcements to the Russian Kursk region in an attempt to stop the Ukrainian invasion.
They were ambushed in the Rylsky district.
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Russian TV stunned by Ukraine's Kursk attack: "how could this happen?"
Propagandist Sergey Mardan described the three-day-old armored assault into Russia's Kursk region as "chaos."
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Russian TV Stunned by Ukraine's Kursk Attack: 'How Could This Happen?'
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A Russian state TV host and his guests have been left stunned by Ukraine's surprise incursion into Kursk and the scale of advances into the western region.
Propagandist Sergey Mardan described the three-day-old armored assault into Russia's Kursk, which borders Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, as "chaos" during a show he hosted on Solovyov Live. An excerpt of the broadcast was shared on X, formerly Twitter, late on Thursday by Julia Davis, the founder of the Russia Media Monitor watchdog group.
A serviceman of Separate 14th Regiment of Armed Forces of Ukraine, holds FPV strike drone on the front line on October 26, 2023 in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. A Russian state TV host and his guests...
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Kyiv's forces launched its cross-border armored assault on Tuesday, and swiftly seized a large number of settlements. They captured scores of Russian personnel, and overwhelmed two major lines of fortifications in the Kursk region that took Russia over two-and-a-half years and more than $170 million to build.
Newsweek has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.
Ukraine has so far gained control of at least 166 square miles of Russian territory—equivalent to the size of New Orleans—investigative Russian outlet Agentstvo reported on Thursday. Newsweek could not independently verify this.
"According to the scarce, unverified comments that I would doubt 10 times over, all of this resembles chaos—a word that members of the military don't like," said Mardan, criticizing the lack of information on the situation from the Kremlin.
"Ukrainians are in the Kursk region; part of Sudzha is under Ukrainian control. It's a regional center. Yes, it's true. There is no official confirmation, but it's true. There are tanks, there are armored personnel carriers, there is a colossal number of drones...," said Mardan.
Mardan commented on reports that emerged on Thursday that Kyiv's forces were reported to be nearly in full control of the city Sudzha, where a gas-measuring facility that facilitates the flow of Russian gas to Europe is located.
"By the end of the day yesterday, parts of Sudzha were under the control of Ukrainians. They have entered it. According to what I have read and have heard, Russian Army reserves are being pulled into the Kursk region," the state TV host said. "There is still no military information, basically none. I don't know whether it's good or bad. I think this isn't so good."
Georgy Mamsurov, a correspondent for Solovyov Live, was invited to speak on-air, and said that his sources say Ukraine "managed to grab a hold of the northern parts" of Sudzha, but was stopped near the town of Korenevo.
"In my opinion, it's difficult to even call it a raid; this is a full-fledged combined arms operation that Ukraine's Armed Forces have initiated on the territory of our country," the journalist added.
Mikhail Khodaryonok, a military expert, told Mardan that Ukraine has made "significant advancement" into the Kursk region. He added that he believes Russian citizens will soon be demanding answers from the Kremlin.
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"Suddenly, the Ukrainian side has demonstrated its ability to attack and to conduct successful action," said Khodaryonok.
"We don't have the precise data as to which areas are controlled by which side. One way or another, citizens will be asking questions. There are questions to our intelligence agencies—how could this happen? How? Where is the engineering equipment that should be on the border of our nation? Where are the troops that were supposed to provide cover and repel any attacks? Where are the necessary reserves?" he said.
Putin on Wednesday called Ukraine's cross-border armored assaults a "large-scale provocation."
"We have to start with the events in the Kursk region," the Russian leader said at an emergency meeting of his Security Council. "As you know, the Kyiv regime has carried out another large-scale provocation, firing indiscriminately with various types of weapons, including missiles, at civilian buildings, residential buildings, and ambulances."
Russia's Defense Ministry has, meanwhile, downplayed the scale of Ukrainian advances in the region, declaring "victory" amid the incursion at least six times, according to Agentstvo.
Video on Ukrainian media shows soldiers in control of gas facility in Russia's Kursk region
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August 9, 20243:16 PM EDTUpdated 6 min ago
Aug 9 (Reuters) - Video posted on Ukrainian media outlets on Friday showed Ukrainian soldiers in control of a gas measuring facility in the town of Sudzha inside Kursk region, where Russia says it has been battling a Ukrainian military incursion for four days.
The soldiers in the 29-second video, shown in a building marked with the logo of Russian gas concern Gazprom (GAZP.MM)
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"The town is controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the town is calm, all buildings are intact," a soldier in the video said.
"The strategic Gazprom facility is under the control of the 99th mechanised battalion of the 61st separate steppe brigade. Wishing everyone a peaceful sky."
Reuters could not immediately verify the video and the General Staff of the Ukrainian military had no comment.
Ukraine's military -- and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy -- have adopted a policy of strict silence concerning the armed incursion into Kursk region.
The video was the first demonstration of Ukrainian gains or control on the Russian side of the border.
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Reporting by Tom Balmforth, Editing by Ron Popeski and David Gregorio
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Great news all around, everyone was saying it was going to be another month or two before Russia ran out of steam as it was but this should put Russia on the back foot early going into fall and winter as they're forced to redeploy troops.
Also seeing Ukraine is conducting raids on the Kinburn Spit
Also seeing Ukraine is conducting raids on the Kinburn Spit
I'm still confused what Russia think they will get out of this conflict, over 500k Russians killed completely depletion of its military, if an actual military superpower wanted to body them they could easily right now
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Gerasimov ignored warnings of Ukrainian troop buildup near border, Bloomberg reports
Gerasimov and top officials "seemingly dismissed intelligence warnings that Ukrainian soldiers were gathering near the border with Russia’s western Kursk region as much as two weeks before they began the assault," Bloomberg said.
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UAE bans Russian shadow fleet tankers from entering its ports
The United Arab Emirates has prohibited access to its ports for Russia’s shadow fleet, which includes tankers registered under the flag of the landlocked African country of Eswatini.
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Putin Scrambles as Ukrainian Forces Near Russian Nuclear Plant
A Russian mayor said the Ukrainian military is nearing the Kursk nuclear power plant. “The situation is tense,” he added.
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A Russian mayor said the Ukrainian military is nearing the Kursk nuclear power plant. “The situation is tense,” he added.
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The mayor of Kurchatov, a Russian town near the border with Ukraine, said that Ukrainian forces had launched a stunning incursion into the country and were advancing toward a nuclear power plant Friday, according to the Washington Post.
The news comes as civilians continue to evacuate the border province of Kursk amid fears that the conflict will continue to creep onto Russian soil. Military commanders have also scrambled to send reinforcements from across the country to the region, where the fighting has been concentrated.
On Monday, Ukrainian forces began the offensive operation in Kursk, an Oblast on Ukraine’s northeastern border with Russia, capturing over 20 Russian villages and parts of the city of Sudja, the Washington Post reported. The Azerbaijani outlet Vesti.az reported on Friday evening that the mayor of Kurchatov, Igor Korpunkov, said in a statement on Telegram that “fighting is several dozen kilometers” from the nuclear plant.
“The situation is tense, a state of emergency is in effect. However, all services and enterprises, including the city administration, are operating normally. I am personally in the city, at my workplace, monitoring the situation,” Korpunkov added.
The International Atomic Energy Agency wrote in a statement to Russian state media organ TASS, on Friday that the IAEA, “is following reports about recent developments and has channels of communication open to both sides of the conflict. At this point there is no reason for concern with regard to nuclear safety and security.”
“IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reiterates that all nuclear power plants, regardless of where they are situated, should never be a target of an armed attack,” the agency added.
The Institute for the Study of War reported Thursday that Ukrainian forces had penetrated as deep as 35 kilometers (22 miles) into Russian territory. Russian authorities declared a federal emergency in Kursk on Friday night as Ukrainian forces continued to advance, knocking out an entire Russian reinforcement convoy on the E38 highway, according to the Guardian.
Unconfirmed reports from later in the day, Friday, from the Ukrainian outlet OBOZ.UA claim that a Ukrainian drone hit the substation of the plant, knocking out power in Kurchatov.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters during a Thursday press conference that Ukraine’s advance into Russia “were within the U.S. policy,” referring to Ukraine’s use of U.S. supplied weaponry in Russian territory.
As the advance continues, Russian army chief Valery Gerasimov was missing from an emergency session of the Russian Security Council convened by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, according to Newsweek.
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There's a rail there that goes to Moscow, it's one way Russia sends troops and support to the front lines. I wonder if Ukraine's forces will destroy it, or wait for Russia to bomb it themselves lmao.
Russian Milbloggers Blame ‘Incompetence’ for Ukrainian HIMARS Strike That Destroyed Russian Battalion
Russian milbloggers have accused their commanders of criminal incompetence after the strike near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region.
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Russian Milbloggers Blame ‘Incompetence’ for Ukrainian HIMARS Strike That Destroyed Russian Battalion
Russian milbloggers have accused their commanders of criminal incompetence after the strike near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region.
by Kyiv Post | August 9, 2024, 1:40 pm
Video posted on several pro-Kremlin Telegram channels overnight on Aug. 8/9 showed a column of Russian military vehicles fiercely burning at the side of the road near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Rylsky district of the Kursk region.
One of the milbloggers, “Military informant” suggested that Ukrainian forces had struck more than a dozen troop-carrying and logistic vehicles using M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rockets.
Although there has been no confirmation that the weapon system was used the blogger posted an image that seemed to show debris from an M101 submunition container from the HIMARS M30 rocket.
Image of debris probably from a HIMARS M30 rocket pictured by Russian milblogger on Friday, Aug. 9
Geolocated images and video that were posted on Telegram early on Friday morning showed the burnt-out wreckage of at least 14 vehicles and bodies lying at the side of the road on the approach to the village of Oktyabrskoye as shocked and dazed soldiers stand helplessly by.
Estimates made by some analysts suggest that as many as 500 Russian troops were killed or injured during the attack. This would make it one of the largest single losses for the Russian army since the start of a full-scale war.
Pro-Russian Z-bloggers were outraged by the incident some criticizing Russia’s senior commanders in general and calling for whoever authorized the movement of a column in a war zone to be punished – “We need executions,” military analyst Roman Alekhine wrote.
Some said the movement of an unprotected convoy of more than 10 trucks with military personnel in the Kursk region was little more than a war crime. The “Two Majors” blogger wrote, “Whoever gave the order to move in columns in the area… should be sentenced under the laws of war.”
“Older than Eddy” said, “...it is forbidden to move in columns in a combat zone… Just take the column leader, beat him like a dog, kick him until he starts vomiting and sh***ing under himself.”
Yuri Podolyaka, whose Telegram channel has almost 3 million subscribers, wrote “How much longer? The war is in its third year, and some people still insist on moving in columns in the frontline zone.”
The channel “Thirteenth,” which has links with the Wagner PMC, said those responsible were “brainless creatures.”
“In the third year of the war, even a monkey could be trained, but not some [Russian] Ministry of Defense staff general who gave the orders for such a suicidal march in the frontline zone.”
The location of the strike is almost 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Ukrainian border and 20 kilometers (13 miles) away from the site of the current fighting, which according to reports on several Russian military blogs, is taking place near the village of Korenevo.
Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff since 2012 had previously assured Putin during a televised meeting on Thursday Aug. 8 that Russian forces had halted the Ukrainian advance in the Kursk region despite all the evidence to the contrary.
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If Ukraine could make it this far in Russia, China could take all of Siberia in less than a week