Thread by @NOELreports

Kursk operation - Day #16 - A thread

An overview of all events in the Kursk border operation will be combined in this thread

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Ukrainian forces have regained control over Martynovka after it was in a gray zone due to Russian counterattacks. In geolocated footage, AFU forces were also seen advancing east of the town near the railway tracks. Fighting is reported towards Russkaya Konopelka and Pushkarnoe.

Did you miss the events yesterday? You can find them here in this thread.

https://twitter.com/noelreports/status/1825783789370450338

According to Akhmat commander Alaudinov, all is well.

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces are using drones to target Russian engineering equipment and are coordinating HIMARS strikes on crossings and pontoon bridges in the Kursk region.

"Akhmat" is preparing to repel an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the unit's commander Apti Alaudinov

"The situation [in the Kursk region] is under control. The enemy is busy regrouping. I am not ready to say at the moment where he is going to strike. But there is a general analysis, a rough idea of ​​what he is going to do, too. We are also preparing for his next strike," he told RIA.

New geolocated footage confirms AFU advances north east of Korenevo near the railway tracks east of Aleksandrovka. This would mean that the AFU has either bypassed Vetreno-Durovka south of that position, or that the AFU already controls these settlements. Needs some more clarification.

The administration plate in Sverdliikove, Kursk region, has been replaced.

Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region.

A high-resolution image shows damage to the Karyzh Bridge over the Seym River in Glushkovsky District, Kursk Oblast. The bridge is not completely destroyed, but it's questionable whether heavy equipment can safely cross it as of August 20, 2024.

Image from @MT_Anderson

@MT_Anderson Ukrainian aviation strikes at Russian hideouts and infantry positions in the Kursk region.

@MT_Anderson Ichkerian fighters of the Khamzat Gelayev Detachment fighting on the side of Ukraine, in Sudzha.

@MT_Anderson Geolocated footage shows AFU infantry -while taking some casualties- holding presence in Russkaya Konopelka, east of Sudzha. Attacks towards the settlement were reported yesterday. Next days will determine if the AFU can establish and maintain full control.

@MT_Anderson According to a Russian source, clashes are reported in the Klimovsky district of Bryansk, near the Belarusian border. They claim this is possibly involving an attempted breach by a Ukrainian sabotage group.

We are awaiting more information.

@MT_Anderson More Russian captives taken in the Kursk region.

@MT_Anderson According to Russian sources, an alleged Ukrainian attack in the Bryansk region border region was repelled. They claim the AFU, likely conducting a reconnaissance mission, used forces up to a platoon with wheeled armored vehicles but have retreated to their original positions.

@MT_Anderson Russian servicemen taken captive by AFU units

@MT_Anderson Russia's 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade has been relocated from the Bakhmut area to Kursk, along with the 60th Separate Assault Brigade "Veterans", which previously participated in assaults near Pivnichne and New York in the Toretsk direction.

@MT_Anderson End of thread. Tomorrow a new one.