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Thread on Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Belgorod Oblast today 1/

Russia's "Sever" Grouping of Forces initially said that Ukraine had attacked Grafovka and Prilese, near the border with Belgorod-Kursk border, with three groups of infantry supported by tanks as well as UR-77 and IMR obstacle-clearing vehicles.

The Russian MoD later said Ukraine attacked five times in the direction of Demidovka and Prilese, with the first attacking beginning at 5:50 AM local time and the last one beginning at 5:30 PM local time).

According to the MoD's report (which should obviously be taken with a handful of salt), the Ukrainians used 5x tanks, 16x other armored vehicles, 3x obstacle-clearing vehicles, an UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, and four light vehicles.

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Reportedly, Belgorod operation was several weeks in the making and aims to create a “buffer zone.”

When asked about it, Zelenskyy characterized the operation as a preemption of a Russian buildup for an attack in Sumy Oblast.

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Russian drone footage of a Ukrainian column reportedly involved in the Belgorod incursion 4/

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More Russian drone footage of Ukrainian columns attacking in Belgorod Oblast, reportedly toward Demidovka. Possibly the same two columns seen in tweet 5. 6/

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More Russian drone footage of a five-vehicle Ukrainian column reportedly attacking in Belgorod Oblast. 7/

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Russian wire-guided FPV drone strikes by 177th Naval Infantry Regiment & 40th Naval Infantry Brigade's Arctic Battalion on Bradley IFVs, BMP-1TS w/ Spis combat module, IMR-2, & Wisent-1 MC in Belgorod Obl. Both units have been operating in Kursk Obl. Ukrainian vehicles have same tactical symbol used in Ukraine's Kursk operation.

First video 0:00-14: Bradley struck at 50.92963, 35.37978 (h/t @giK1893), soon after crossing the border, headed north toward Demidovka. Outcome unclear. Other vehicles seen coming behind it.

First video 0:15-31 and second video 0:28-1:03: Nearby abandoned Bradley destroyed at 50.92976, 35.38076.

Second video, 1:26-2:10: Wisent struck at ~50.92927, 35.38133. Seen destroyed earlier in the video.

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Photo of a Ukrainian UR-77 reportedly involved in the Belgorod incursion today. Possibly abandoned. Note the white triangle--the same tactical symbol used in Ukraine's Kursk operation.

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Russian analog FPV drone strikes on Wisent-1 MC, IMR-2, and UR-77 obstacle-clearing vehicles and an IFV (Bradley?) reportedly involved in the Belgorod incursion. The UR-77 (possibly same one seen in tweet 9) was hit right after firing. 10/

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2x Bradleys returning toward Belgorod border. One gets struck by Lancet then hits mine at 50.92974, 35.38066 (& later struck by FPVs, but crew escaped, as shown in twt 8). The other hit mine at border. 11/

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Geolocation for tweet number 7 above. Russian drone spotted this particular column at least ~3.5 km from Belgorod border.

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Wire-guided FPV strike on an ATV. This looks like Mar'ine, Sumy Oblast, near the Belgorod border (50.92256, 35.37946). 13/

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