The Ukrainian military has resumed offensive operations in at least three directions in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. They have achieved some success, but at the same time the Russians are also making progress. This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in a report published yesterday..

Analysts write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out mechanized attacks in the Berdin-Novosotnitsky direction (northeast of Sudzha). The attacks were carried out in three waves using approximately a battalion's worth of armored vehicles.

Sources also claim that Ukrainian forces have intensified offensive operations in the direction of Leonidovoe (southeast of Korenev) and carried out an intensified platoon-sized mechanized attack near Pushkarnoye (east of Sudzha)..

Geolocation footage from January 5 indicates that the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced into the fields southwest and south of Berdin and entered the southern part of the village.

In addition, Russian military correspondents published updated maps of the combat area in the Kursk region, indicating that as of January 5, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also occupy Cherkasy Porechnoye, Martynovka and Mikhailovka (all northeast of Sudzha and southwest of Berdin). They also reported that Ukrainian troops had recently entered the town of Novosotnitsky (slightly east of Berdin), and had advanced into the fields west of the Yamskaya Steppe (immediately northwest of Berdin) and west of Novaya Sorochyna (north of Sudzha and to.

Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations in small infantry groups in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bNikopolskoye and Aleksandrovka (east and southeast of Leonidovoy, respectively) and north of Russkaya Konopelka (east of Sudzha) in the direction of Pushkarnoye.

At the same time, the enemy also has success. On January 5, Russian troops also advanced southeast of Sudzha and counterattacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces southeast of Kornevoy and north of Sudzha. In particular, geolocation footage shows that Russian troops advanced in the western and southern parts of Makhnovka (just southeast of Sudzha).

The day before it became known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russians in the Kursk region in several directions. A little later, the head of the Presidential Office, Andrei Ermak, confirmed the intensification of hostilities in the Kursk region. Then the Russian Ministry of Defense recognized the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.

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