Not 74 settlements: the Armed Forces do not control all the stated territory in Kursk region - ISW

Analysts noted that Zelensky and other high -ranking officials reported a long Ukrainian invasion of Kursk region and outlined several goals of the operation. Thus, on August 13, the President of Ukraine stated that the Armed Forces control 74 settlements in the Russian region. "It is unclear whether Zelensky was referring to the Ukrainian forces operating in 74 settlements, whether he was referring to another type of geographical administrative units.

Isw observed statements and geolocal videos that indicate that as of August 13, Ukrainian forces They operate about 41 settlements in the Kursk region, although there are many extremely small settlements and areas in the area that ISW did not include this calculation, "the message reads.

ISW stressed that differences between Ukrainian official reports and observation statements of the Institute and geolocated records are not a refutation of Kyiv's statements, but only the result of "inherent restrictions on the ISW open code methodology and the desire to use only public information. " Analysts do not evaluate that the Armed Forces control the entire territory within the maximum volume of declared Ukrainian promotions to determine the "control" used by ISW.

We will remind, on August 13 the military enlistment officer Bild Julian Ryopke reported that the Armed Forces had knocked out Russian military from the village of Olgivka of Kursk region (Russia). According to him, after that the Ukrainians continued the movement on the way to the city of Rylsk. On the same day, the media said that US President Joe Biden said that the operation of Ukraine in the Kursk region was a dilemma for Russian President Vladimir Putin.