Kursk operation - Day #14 - a thread
An overview of all events in Ukraine’s Kursk operation and other areas in the vicinity are combined in this thread
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Good news: According to Russian military bloggers, the AFU seems to have destroyed the last, third bridge over the Seym River near Karyzh. This leaves Russian forces that remain south of the river without a proper supply route.
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Ukrainian soldiers with a captured vehicle of the Russian department of internal affairs in the Sudzha district, Kursk region.
Ukrainian SSO at work in the Kursk region.
A precision airstrike using GBU-39 bombs on Russian troop positions in the village of Vnezapne, Kursk region. The village is now under the control of Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian forces in Sudzha.
The Lenin statue in Sudzha. The upper part was taken down.
The Ukrainian flag was raised in Sudzha.
Two JDAM-ER hit Russian positions inside Tetkino.
"Dear boys, come here so I can hug you."
Residents of the Kursk region warmly welcome Ukrainian soldiers.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated that negotiations with Ukraine will be impossible after Ukrainian forces entered the Kursk region.
In the Kursk region, a tank with a white-red-white flag was spotted. This tank belongs to the Belarusian unit "Tur" from the 225th Separate Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Another video showing Ukrainian forces entering the Kursk region and taking control over Sudzha and its surroundings.
Russian forces have constructed a second pontoon bridge across the Seym River in the Kursk region, east of the village of Zvannoye. This can be seen in a satellite image from August 17. Previously, a similar bridge was reported east of the village of Glushkovo. The Russian army began building these crossings after Ukrainian strikes on bridges in the area, likely to provide escape routes for Russian troops.
There are initial reports that the first constructed pontoon bridge is already destroyed by Ukraine.
Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers from an assault group participating in the kursk operation shared footage of a captured 82mm automatic mortar "Vasilek" and other items found at a captured Russian stronghold.
According to Russian sources, the AFU has taken control over Vishnevka.
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A position near Oleshnya in the Kursk region is filled with casualties from the 488th Motor Rifle Regiment. Oleshnya was captured during the initial stages of the Kursk operation.
One of the pontoon bridges that was recently laid down by Russians in the Kursk region after all bridges were taken down, has already disappeared. Avada Kedavra 🪄
“As of today, our forces control over 1,250 square kilometers of Kursk’s territory and 92 settlements,” Zelenskyi stated
“Over the past day, Russian fighters destroyed more than 10 units of military equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sudzha region alone,” said Akhmat General Apti Alaudinov.
He also uploaded 12 TikTok videos, got 562 likes, 45 shares and 672 DMs.
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