Data: Ukrainian sneak attack in Belgorod
At the same time as the Ukrainian forces are slowly pushed back from its attachment to the Russian course region, indications that Ukraine’s soldiers have started a sneak attack and are now fighting in the Russian border region of Belgorod. This is written by Reuters, which refers to Russian military blogger’s updates on Friday and independent analysts’ assessments.
The Ukrainian forces must have managed to get through the Russian defense and have been able to advance into Belgorod at a depth between three to four kilometers, says Finland -based military analyst Emil Kastehelmi to Reuters. He, on the other hand, considers it unlikely that the Ukrainians will succeed in affecting logistically important cities or routes for the Russians.
Among other things, will Hard clashes have occurred between Russian and Ukrainian forces at a village named Popovka in Belgorod, writes one of the war bloggers. Both sides must have shot each other with drones. Another writes that Russian forces have carried out « defense operations » in Belgorod.
It should also have been ongoing battles in Gränsbyn Demidovka in the northwest of the city of Belgorod, according to the information. Earlier this week wrote the think tank Institute of the Study of War that Ukrainian forces managed to advance in Demidovka, with reference to the statements of the war blogs.
Earlier this week, the Ukrainian military stated that they managed to destroy four Russian military helicopters in Belgorod with the American rocket artillery system Himars.
Neither Kyiv nor Moscow have confirmed the statements. Ten days ago, when the Ukrainian forces must have started implementing limited attacks according to the military blogs, the Russian Ministry of Defense concluded that they also managed to discourage five Ukrainian attempts to try to cross the border with Belgorod.
That Ukraine does not have Commented on the possible attack may be due to security reasons, Reuters writes. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, on the other hand, has stated for reporters in Kiev that the country’s military has taken « certain steps » in Russia outside the course region, with the aim of relieving the pressure for the Ukrainian troops found in Kursk. Exactly where it should have happened did not mention Zelenskyj, only that it should have taken place « something below the course region ».
The potential attack could have been a way for the Ukrainians to try to help relocate the Russian forces from Kursk, in an attempt to maintain their positions on Russian soil. Russia must have already moved several forces to Belgorod from GoptaRovka in the course region, according to a post from one of the Russian war bloggers.
According to Andrij KovalenkoAt Ukraine’s National Defense and Security Council, an action in Belgorod « can neutralize the threat » from the Russian forces gathered at the border with Ukraine.
On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Russia should have succeeded in recovering the village of Gogolevka in Kursk, one of the handful of villages that Ukraine still controls in Kursk. However, according to the Ukrainian site Deep State, which monitors war development, Ukraine still controls 80 square kilometers of Gogolevka.
