Ukraine advanced more than 30 kilometers into Russian territory in the Kursk region, forcing Putin to send reinforcements.

Ukrainian forces continue rapid advance into Russian territory Kursk And reached the areas located 35 kilometers from the border between the two countries, As the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) concluded on Friday in its latest analysis of photos and geotagged data from Russian military bloggers, among others.

Small Ukrainian groups advanced to Chromsky Becky and Molyutino In the north, according to ISW, 17 kilometers southeast of Elgov and about 48 kilometers southwest, along the main roads of the Kursk nuclear power plant.

In the northwest, the Ukrainian attacking force also captured Novofianovka He advanced along the road to Korenev, where fighting continued, while in the east he reached Martynovka.

According to ISW, “small Ukrainian armored groups” are taking advantage of the “low density” of the Russian military in the area and advancing deep into the Russian interior where they are able to bypass Russian fortifications without necessarily trying to defeat all Russian forces present there and bring the entire area under control.

but, “Larger Ukrainian units” are operating in some areas of the Kursk region closer to the border and are “reinforcing and fortifying some positions.” According to ISW, which could not confirm whether the city Sudza It is entirely under Ukrainian control, although the attacking forces appear to have captured several nearby towns.

About thirteen trucks, believed to have been carrying supplies that Russia tried to direct to the Kursk strike zone, were destroyed in Oktyabrskoye, 28 kilometers from the attacked Korenvo, the Ukrainian DeepState portal, which daily analyzes events on the front line, confirmed.

“Mountains of Corpses in Oktyabrskoe”DeepState wrote on its Telegram channel, alongside a geolocated video of the destroyed vehicles and multiple bodies of Russian soldiers inside.

DeepState became the first major Ukrainian source to publish some other details about the operation, though they are limited to the first day of the invasion, August 6.

Most Ukrainian sources and all official sources, such as the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, are silent on the details of the ongoing raid.

According to DeepState, Ukrainian defense forces launched the attack on Tuesday near the villages of Sverdlikovo and Oleshnya.which was taken over after a brief or non-existent fight.

Two small Russian units were also surrounded at the Sudja border crossing, while Russian forces were nearby. Journal They were also surrounded and hidden in a local monastery.

The vanguard groups reached the rural town of Goncharovka and the outskirts of the city of Sudzha, While fighting of unknown intensity began on Tuesday near the village of Zeleni Shlyakh.

“The enemy managed to stop the first attack on Nikolaevo-Darino, but not for long,” DeepState reported.

The Kremlin announced Friday that it was moving more troops and weapons to the western Kursk region. According to the Defense Ministry, these are “army units equipped with BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, towed artillery guns, tanks on draglines, heavy tracked vehicles, Ural and Kamaz trucks” and are heading to the Sudzhansky district of Kursk.

Russia’s state-run TASS news agency also reported on Friday that an emergency roaming regime has been imposed across the Kursk region among telecom operators seeking to ensure service in the area amid the Ukrainian troop advance.

Russian Minister of Digital Development Maxot ShadievHe gave details of the action: “Today at 11 am, taking into account that the region is in emergency mode, we introduced the Internet roaming mode, which allows subscribers of any operator to connect to the base stations of all providers to try to solve the communication problem in the Kursk region.

With information from EFE and AFP