Information about the launch of a new offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia appeared on January 5. Later, the fact of the attack was indirectly confirmed by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak and directly by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko. The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive in the Kursk region two weeks before the inauguration of Donald Trump. . We maintain a buffer zone and actively destroy the military potential of the Russian Federation. The Russians have deployed strong units to the Kursk region, and soldiers from North Korea are also involved there,” President Vladimir Zelensky said on Monday, January 6, in his evening address. The head of state noted that thanks to the Kursk operation, the invaders cannot direct all their strength to other directions, in particular to the Donetsk region, Sumy, Kharkov region of Zaporozhye. According to Zelensky, Russia lost more than 38 thousand soldiers in the Kursk region, of which almost 15 thousand were killed. New offensive At the moment, it is known about the Ukrainian advance from Sudzha towards the village of Bolshoye Soldatskoye and the village of Berdin. They are located on the highway leading to the regional center and the city of Kurchatov, where the Kursk NPP is located. Attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the north-west and east of Sudzha are also reported.

Purpose of the attack The current activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine looks like an attempt to disrupt the existing relative balance on this section of the front, create serious threats to other large settlements in the Kursk region and force the Russian command to transfer larger reserves there. If this is really the plan and it can be implemented, the main problem for the Russian side may be the question of where to get these reserves. Significant forces of the Russian group of troops North are constrained by border battles in the Kharkov region, others need to be kept in potentially dangerous directions in the Bryansk and Belgorod regions.

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