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2024-08-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Boris Rozhin: Situation in Kursk region. 08.08.2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.

[ColonelCassad] A significant portion of the information about enemy breakthroughs deep into our territory is based on the actions of small mobile groups, whose task is to break through further from the border, sow panic, disorganize the rear, and interfere with the establishment of coordination of the actions of units on the spot with the approaching reserves. Hence the various contradictory reports about the observation of enemy forces deep in our territory, where they mobile groups both feign presence and create conditions for blocking roads.

At the same time, where the enemy's mobile groups reveal the absence of our forces and operational emptiness, they try to push through additional armored vehicles with motorized infantry in order to consolidate control of the territory. As soon as a continuous front line is formed (this will not happen immediately), the effectiveness of such groups will begin to decline.

At the moment.

Our forces have fought back near Korenevo.
Goncharovka and part of Sudzha are under the enemy.
The enemy is trying to break through to Lgov and Kurchatov.

The operational crisis has not been overcome at the moment. It is necessary to avoid both panic in the style of all is lost (panic-mongers shouting all is lost, we must run, etc. must be punished according to the laws of wartime), and embellishment of a truly difficult operational situation, where our command faces non-trivial tasks of stabilization, so that all this does not turn into a remake of Balakleya with serious military and political consequences.

The task of the Russian Armed Forces at the moment is to tie down the enemy's advanced groups with battles, slow down their spread across the southern part of the region, so that after stabilizing the situation, begin attacks with the aim of squeezing them out of the territory of the region. I hope the General Staff will be able to organize all this.

The broadcast of military operations in Ukraine, including the developing events in the Kursk region, as usual, is on Telegram

More from Boris Rozhin:
Medvedev on events in Kursk region
Commentary by former Russian Federation president Dmitry Medvedev.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics

The reasons and goals of the terrorist operation of the Ukrainian Nazis in the Kursk region have already been reflected in detail and objectively in the analytics. This includes the desire to profitably show off the remnants of their dwindling forces to their masters in order to receive a new portion of money and weapons, and an attempt to thin out our battle formations on the main line of confrontation, drawing off part of the forces to Kursk and Belgorod, and a temporary informational transformation of betrayal into victory.

It is necessary to learn a serious lesson from what happened and fulfill what Chief of the General Staff V. Gerasimov promised the Supreme Commander-in-Chief - to mercilessly defeat and destroy the enemy.

There is another important political and legal consequence of what happened. From this moment on, the SVO must acquire an openly extraterritorial character. This is no longer just an operation to return our official territories and punish the Nazis. It is possible and necessary to go to the lands of the still existing Ukraine.

To Odessa, to Kharkov, to Dnepropetrovsk, to Nikolaev. To Kiev and beyond. There should be no restrictions in the sense of some recognized borders of the Ukrainian Reich. And now we can and should talk about this openly, without embarrassment and diplomatic curtseys. The terrorist operation of the Banderites should remove any taboos from this topic. Let everyone realize this, including the English bastards: we will stop only when we consider it acceptable and beneficial for ourselves.

Blessed memory to the dead: military and civilians, all who came under heavy fire from neo-Nazis. The best memory of them is a carefully thought-out retribution. Recovery to all the wounded.

The situation in the Kursk region remains difficult as of this morning. The enemy attacks in Korenevo have been repelled, but part of Sudzha is under enemy control. Fighting is underway for the city.

Reserves are being transferred from both sides.


More from regnum.ru
In Kursk Oblast, 66 people were injured as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from August 6 to 8
As a result of shelling in the Kursk region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from August 6 to 8, 66 people were injured, including nine children, said Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko.

"There are 38 people in medical institutions in the Kursk region, including five children. Outpatient care was provided to 19 victims, including two children," he added.

The Federal Center for Disaster Medicine is coordinating assistance to the victims. Medical organizations have been provided with all necessary medications, blood and its components, the minister emphasized.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 6, Ukrainian units began trying to break through the Russian border in the Kursk region. The next day, the Ministry of Defense announced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had failed to penetrate deep into Russian territory. On August 8, the military department reported that the enemy had lost 660 militants and 82 units of equipment since the beginning of the provocation. Russian fighters continue to attack enemy forces in the region.

On August 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in the Kursk region with Acting Governor Alexey Smirnov. The head of state noted that the situation in the region requires solving extraordinary problems, which requires courage and composure.

Even more from regnum.ru
Internet resources of Kursk region were subjected to massive DDoS attack
Internet resources of the Kursk region were subjected to a massive DDoS attack on August 8, the regional administration reported.

“As a result, many services have failed and are temporarily unavailable,” the Kursk region administration reported on its Telegram channel.

It is noted that specialists from the regional Ministry of Digital Development and Communications are promptly restoring the functionality of the resources of the Kursk Region administration.

As reported by Regnum News Agency, a state of emergency was declared in Kursk Oblast on August 7 to eliminate the consequences of the Ukrainian Armed Forces entering the region. Acting head of the region Alexey Smirnov said that he would personally coordinate the work of the forces of the unified state system for the prevention and elimination of emergencies. The Russian National Guard has strengthened security measures at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.

Many regions have offered assistance to Kursk Oblast in eliminating the consequences of the attack on the region.

On August 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the government on the situation in the region, as well as with the heads of security agencies. The head of state called the Kiev regime's attack on the region another large-scale provocation.

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The situation near Sudzha
The road to the combat zone is full of contrasts. Military helicopters fly in the sky, and grannies are swarming in their vegetable gardens. Lowboys with tanks drive through villages along the road, along which buckets of potatoes, apples and mushrooms stand imperturbably. But the closer to the front line, which runs along the south of Kursk,area, the closer the fighting becomes. Columns of black smoke grow on the horizon - enemy equipment is burning there under the border. Large-caliber cannonade is heard from there.

Along the side of the road, we begin to see burned-out or drone-attacked civilian vehicles. The enemy is firing indiscriminately, killing civilians. We stop at a battered ambulance, in which two medics were killed by a drone strike. Bandages and a couple of bulletproof vests are scattered. Perhaps they were taking away the wounded. A little further away is a still-smoking Ural. Nearby is a small crater. Most likely from a drone.

The closer to the combat zone, the fewer and fewer cars there are on the road, until they disappear altogether. Occasionally, jeeps and pickup trucks with EW washers (electronic warfare systems) on the roof rush by. But judging by the same ones on some of the wrecks of burnt cars, they don’t always help…

…On the way to the city, 500 meters before the place where the car of war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny was attacked the day before, a bus was burning in the bushes. I decide to slow down to see if there are any casualties. And suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, against the background of a light cloud, I clearly catch a familiar silhouette flying towards us from the side.

- Drone! - I shout to a familiar photojournalist, Tolya Zhdanov, sitting next to me, abruptly rocking the car into a U-turn and pressing the gas pedal.

In the rearview mirror, the “nine” disappeared around the corner. There was an explosion characteristic of a kamikaze drone. A few seconds later, a second one. So there were two drones. One didn’t catch up with us, the other, we hope, missed the men.

And Kots
Posted by badanov 2024-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 But I was assured Ukraine was on it's last legs...
Posted by Mercutio 2024-08-09 10:17||   2024-08-09 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Does UKR have the capacity to sustain a supply line into Russia and the manpower to keep the territory? I dont think so. This incursion will fail spectacularly once the surprise factor wears off. Two weeks, a month tops.

Buried in the article is a blurb on how russian strategy could change:

From this moment on, the SVO must acquire an openly extraterritorial character. This is no longer just an operation to return our official territories and punish the Nazis. It is possible and necessary to go to the lands of the still existing Ukraine...

To Odessa, to Kharkov, to Dnepropetrovsk, to Nikolaev. To Kiev and beyond. There should be no restrictions in the sense of some recognized borders of the Ukrainian Reich. And now we can and should talk about this openly, without embarrassment and diplomatic curtseys.
Posted by mossomo 2024-08-09 15:04||   2024-08-09 15:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Kursk II
Posted by badanov 2024-08-09 16:36||   2024-08-09 16:36|| Front Page Top

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