"Virtually no resistance": As the Armed Forces managed to enter the territory of Kursk region - BBC

Almost from the beginning of the offensive, Ukrainian soldiers managed to reach the western suburbs of Sudzhi in the Kursk region. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation transferred forces from the Eastern Front, but the advance of the enemy did not slow down, told in the media. The operation in the Kursk region allowed Ukrainian fighters to seize hundreds of square kilometers of the Russian Federation, raise the pace of promotion and combat spirit. BBC tells about the details of the offensive.

According to the Ukrainian fighter with the call sign "Tomash", who returned from the border surgery together with his friend "Akord", their unit of the drone was preparing for the offensive for two days. "We have previously figured out all the hostile communications and observation, that is, we have prepared a corridor for entry," he said. The media noted that it is not known what the number of Russian territory is captured.

The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky noted that Ukraine controls 1000 square kilometers of Kursk region. The journalist noted that the purpose of the operation is not clear, despite the fact that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of focusing on objects from which the Russian Federation could attack Ukraine and the approaching "just peace". "It is obvious that Kiev sends its best troops there," he said.

One of the Ukrainian military stated that in order to force Moscow to remove units from other areas of the front and to transfer to Kurshchyna, it took months planning. "The effect of surprise worked," he says. "We came very easily, with almost no resistance. On August 6, the first groups came across the border at night, there were several directions," he explained. According to him, almost immediately it was possible to reach the western suburbs of the city of Sudzhi.

He stressed that Russian civilians do not resist, they are not touched. However, they treat the Armed Forces either sharply negatively or in no way. Local people are also deceived about the movement and dislocation of the Russian military. The military confirmed the media that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation overturned the forces from the eastern line of the front, in particular from Kharkiv, Pokrovsky and Toretsky directions. However, it is not about slowing the advance of the enemy.

Another Ukrainian soldier reported that two things needed for the long -term maintenance of the Russian territory: we will remind, on August 15, a Ukrainian fighter with a call sign "shadow" reported that in the Kursk region the Russian military attacked their own. In particular, the enemy of the Russians attacked the stabilization point where their wounded.