Perhaps already 15,000: two more crews joined the Armed Forces in Kursk region - Forbes

Unfortunately, the Russian troops confirmed the presence of the 82nd brigade when they ambushed, during which some soldiers were killed. Forbes writes about it. With the reinforcement of landing troops, the Ukrainian contingent in the Kursk region now covers some or all of the six advanced brigades, as well as two separate battalions, drones, artillery, intelligence and special units. Perhaps about 15,000 soldiers in total, they suggest journalists.

Additional troops can continue the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, even if the Russian Federation sends its reinforcement. But the authors of the publication point out that many of the Ukrainian brigades and battalions come to the Kursk region from other sectors of active combat clashes.

The fact that Ukrainian commanders are ready to weaken defense in places such as Pokrovsk, Toretsk and the time of the ravine, for the sake of increasing attacks near Kursk, speaks of their priorities - and willingness to risk.

"Ukraine has brought out units from the Fronts of Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Temporal - the most complex areas of the advanced line - and it is quite obvious that Ukraine does not pursue only limited goals during Kursk operation," - explained Rob Lee, analyst of the Institute for Foreign Policy Research in Philadelphia. It is still not quite clear what these goals are.

But given that Ukrainian officials are already talking about the creation of a government administration to supervise in the Kursk region, it is obvious that goals include long -term Ukrainian presence - if the Ukrainian forces are able to keep the captured territory. The Russians use at least nine motorized, landing, naval and Arctic regiments and brigades-potentially appropriate or exceeding the number of the Ukrainian Corps.

It is noteworthy that the Russian soldiers do not curtail their offensive in the east of Ukraine, even though they intensify defense in southern Russia. The Center for Defense Strategies observed new Russian attacks near the Temporal Yar, Toretsk and Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Corps in Kursk Oblast can get an additional impulse.

"The Russian military command in the Kursk direction will have to quickly deploy the second echelon of additional troops and reserves," the CDS predicts, because the troops of the first echelon will not be able to stop the offensive. We will remind that the press service of the project "I want to live" reported that a whole company of Russian soldiers seemed to be captured.