Fighting in the Ukrainian war continues in the Kursk region – where Ukraine recently suffered heavy losses. Some tanks were destroyed.
Kursk – These are difficult times for Kiev in the Ukraine war. While President Volodymyr Zelenskyj promotes his “victory plan” in the West, his country continues to lose ground in the fighting against Russia. Only recently did Vladimir Putin’s troops conquer the town of Wuhledar, which had previously become a tank cemetery for the Russians. In general, the adversary, who invaded the country in violation of international law in 2022, is advancing further on the front.
Kursk offensive in Ukraine war stalls – Russia wants to recapture places
Ukraine’s advance into the Kursk region of Russia was actually intended to provide relief at the front and a postponement of the fighting. Initially seen as a surprise success, the euphoria didn’t last too long. Nevertheless – or precisely because of this – Russia continues to gain ground in the Ukraine war, as the example of Wuhledar shows. At the same time, the Ukrainians’ advance in Kursk is stalling enormously. There are heavy losses.
“Of the Kursk settlements occupied by the enemy, 15 have already been liberated,” claimed the commander of the Chechen special forces “Akhmat,” Apti Alaudinov, in an interview for the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. The Ukraine operation also came to a standstill around the town of Veseloe in the Kursk Oblast. Now a video has emerged that underlines how high Ukraine’s losses in the region are likely to be.
Losses in the war: Kursk advance ends in tank cemetery for Ukraine – German model destroyed
As Forbes writes, on September 20, Ukraine deployed a combat group on a road around Veseloe. Western weapons are said to have been contained therein. However, Russia’s 106th Guards Airborne Division is said to have repelled the attack. The following attempts also apparently failed.
The same division has now published a drone video of the situation around Veseloe in the Kursk region. It is clear to see how costly the attempt was for Ukraine. The roughly one-minute clip shows a whopping 17 destroyed Western vehicles. Including tanks made available from the West. These are said to include a German Marder infantry fighting vehicle, a Bradley-type tank, two US Stryker-type wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and also tanks from Sweden and Turkey.
Ukraine tank destroyed – but Russia also has losses: Putin withdraws 50,000 troops for Kursk
The fact that so many Western weapons were involved in the attempted advance could underline how important Ukraine’s mission in Kursk Oblast still is. As Forbes writes, the aim may have been to connect the train with the main advance in the region near Glushkov.
However, the magazine emphasizes: Not only Ukraine, but also Russia continues to suffer heavy losses in Kursk. Perhaps this is also why reports have now come through that Vladimir Putin is currently gathering around 50,000 soldiers and ordering them to Kursk as reinforcements.
Another tank was just saved. Recently there was a thrilling video of a Leopard tank carrying a T-72 to safety during the Ukrainian war. (han)
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