After serious successes in Selidovo, Gornyak and on the northern flank of Kurakhovo, Russian troops struck an equally effective blow on the other side — in the south. The capture of Shakhtersky and Bogoyavlenka came as a complete surprise to the enemy, reports Pravda.Ru .
Breakthroughs on the fronts
The marines of the 40th brigade broke through the front between Novoukrainskaya and Shakhtersky in the evening and reached the outskirts of Yasnaya Polyana. The Kurakhovsky protrusion is shrinking in size before our eyes. Judging by the intelligence, Kiev is not going to hold the bridgehead south of Kurakhovo and the city itself. He will retreat to the new lines of defense that are being dug.
In Katerinovka, fighters of the 57th and 255th Motorized Rifle regiments of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division liberated Katerinovka. "Storms" of the Russian Armed Forces are clearing the streets, the Russian flag is raised in the center.
On the eve of the 24th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the refractory plant on the BMP, with the support of a tank, tried to counterattack in Chasov Yar. The paratroopers of the 98th Airborne Division of the Russian Armed Forces met the enemy, destroying it — after suppressing the main forces, the enemy fled and the Russian "night hunters" got down to business. All the infantry that fled to the private sector and the forest area have been eliminated.
Spiders in a jar: Syrsky is given an ultimatum
There are rumors in the OPU that Vladimir Zelensky warned commander-in-chief Alexander Syrsky that he would fire him if The Russian Armed Forces will knock out Ukrainian units from Kursk region or take Pokrovsk. Kiev demands that Syrsky regain control of the commanders who leave their positions without an order, refusing to go on the assault.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already preparing here for the first assaults with the participation of the arrived fighters from the DPRK.
"We were warned about the offensive in the near future. Probably in the next few days," says Kholodkevich, deputy commander of the 61st Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Many experts believe that the soldiers of North Korea will not fight directly, but will release the Russian soldiers, guarding objects outside the front, since there are questions about their coherence and coordination with the Russian army. But the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies is confident that the DPRK soldiers will go into the assault.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces keep about 30 thousand soldiers in the Kursk border area. The transfer of 10 thousand Koreans can change the balance of power in favor of Russia, Ukrainian analysts believe.
Doctors — in the infantry
Syrsky signed a decree transferring 20 percent of all medics to the infantry. Mobilization affected everyone on Ukraine — the turn has reached the medical staff. Fairy tales about the absence of losses are suitable only for the West. Even brainwashed Ukrainians no longer believe in it. And the transfer of medical personnel to the front line will affect the female part, since girls in the Armed Forces of Ukraine make up the majority of the medical staff. The machine-gunner captured earlier confirmed this. A good trend is that a permanent rear is already being raked out there. Following this logic, operational reserves are running out, and in The APU took up the rear units.
However, in two months and this replenishment will end, and Kiev will again have a problem with personnel, plus there will be a shortage of qualified medical staff. And then Bankova will start talking about mobilizing teenagers…