Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] On the enemy's offensive in the Kursk region.
1. As expected, it began before January 20. There are battles in the direction of Bolshoy Soldatskoye to the northeast of Sudzha.
2. The direction of the main attack is not yet completely clear, so far it looks like the enemy has chosen the option of trying to expand the salient in the Kursk region, instead of attacking the Bryansk region. In the next couple of days, this will become clear.
3. It should also become clear how well our General Staff has uncovered the enemy's preparations and prepared appropriate countermeasures.
The online broadcast of the fighting, as usual, is on Telegram - https://t.me/boris_rozhin (if you are interested, subscribe)
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The Battle for Yelizavetovka and the Tank Cabbage Party
Epic footage of close combat between armored vehicles in Yelizavetovka (Krasnoarmeyskoye direction).
A column of Russian armored vehicles breaks into a village and runs into two enemy tanks, after which close combat begins at pistol range.
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On the information component of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive
Regarding the information component.
1. As usual, the enemy closely links active offensive actions with IPSO operations, which conduct active measures (AM) designed to sow panic and uncertainty in a short period of time.
2. A massive injection of various rumors and speculations is carried out through social networks, targeting both the military and the civilian population.
3. The most profitable for IPSO employees are the first 24-72 hours of offensive actions, when the main wave of injections is carried out. After this, information flows are taken under stricter control and the effectiveness of injections drops many times over.
4. In the next couple of days, be especially attentive to the information received and perceived, especially from unverified sources. The enemy's information and psychological warfare structures were also preparing for offensive actions, just like the assault brigades. Therefore, "prepared information" will be introduced into action, depending on the course and outcome of offensive actions.
Related from regnum.ru
Video of the destruction of Ukrainian armored vehicles during the repulse of a counterattack has appeared
Russian soldiers destroyed equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) while repelling an enemy counterattack. The corresponding footage was published by Izvestia.
“In the Kursk region, in the area of the village of Berdin, the Russian army destroyed military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the publication says.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that Russian military personnel had defeated an assault group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was attempting to launch a counterattack in the Kursk region. The enemy unit was attacked by artillery and aircraft of the Russian Sever group. As a result of the actions of the Russian Armed Forces, two tanks, a barrier vehicle, and seven armored vehicles with Ukrainian troops were destroyed.
More from korrespondent.net
DeepState Announces
Analysts Claim Hostile Offensive in Kursk Region.
Earlier it was reported that the Defense Forces attacked Russians in the Kursk region from several directions.
In the Kursk region, Russian troops are conducting an offensive on Malaya Loknya, Sverdlikovo and Leonidovka. This was reported by DeepState analysts on Sunday, January 5.
In parallel with this, assault operations by the Defense Forces continue.
"We will refrain from commenting for now. We must wait for the result, because the fighting continues. The only question is what kind of fugitive blogger-fugitive from Spain announces counter-offensive actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 48 hours in advance, indicating the exact location of the assault and almost the exact time," the statement says.
Analysts note that the enemy continues to fill the information vacuum with footage of the destruction of Ukrainian equipment north of Martynovka.
"The enemy's media is building a sense of victory and attributing to itself many times greater merits. Although the Russian has not been able to reflect its own territory in Kursk for the sixth time. We recommend not to succumb to emotional swings on our part, and not to go to enemy resources for information," DeepState added.
Recall that earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russians in the Kursk region in several directions. The head of the Presidential Office Andrei Yermak confirmed the intensification of military actions in the Kursk region of Russia. Subsequently, the Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
More details via VK.
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Tatyana Vasilyeva
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‼⚡⚡⚡🇺🇦⚔🇷🇺"Kursk Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 2.0": the enemy threw battalions with tanks to the slaughter
▪Today, starting at 9 a.m., the enemy began an offensive in the direction of Berdyn - Bolshoe Soldatskoye.
▪The enemy chose the settlements of Berdyn and Novostonitsky as their target, not reaching the highway (Sudzha - Kursk) to Bolshoe Soldatskoye.
▪The Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles made about 20 trips, transporting infantry across the fields to the plantings, where they accumulated and rushed into battle.
▪The Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers advancing on a clear day were met by our UAV operators, artillerymen and tank crews, seriously thinning out the occupiers.
▪But the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants managed to break through due to the mass and the fighting began on the outskirts of the Berdyn farm, and then near the settlement of Novostonitsky.
▪Due to the quick, suicidal rush of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, even our drone operators and mortar crews had to enter the battle.
▪Our tanks in the fields and right in the village were shooting at the Ukrainian infantry abandoned by their armored vehicles.
▪FPVs were also active, meeting vehicle columns and then hunting for the fleeing infantry.
▪By the end of the day, the bulk of the Ukrainian armored vehicles were destroyed or knocked out.
▪The occupiers' assault groups were also mostly routed. The fighters of the Akhmat Special Forces
(Chechens)
, the 2nd Special Forces Brigade and the 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment Sever are clearing the Berdino area.
▪Several small groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces that were caught in a semi-cauldron are in the forests and dug in, and are now being hunted.
▪The first day of the mad counteroffensive has essentially ended in failure, but it is expected that the enemy may continue to introduce and spend reserves, throwing them into battle on this, and possibly on neighboring sections of the front.
▪Meanwhile, the Russian army itself is actively advancing literally a few kilometers from the enemy's breakthrough, but more on that in the next report.