Logistics are a major factor in all operations and always have an effect in the outcome of an operation.
On august 6th two Ukrainian Battalions crossed the border with practically no resistance, where was the Russian defense and what was it doing.
Addressing some ORBAT changes first, we believe the 82nd has not been involved in fighting since Day 5 
As Russian reserves are arriving advancing becomes significantly harder, The fighting around Martynovka has been the hardest over the last few days with the village having changed hands multiple times.
August 10th or Day 5 of the operation was a relatively quite day where both sides managed to achieve some tactical gains
As of the 9th of August the Russian Intelligence perplexed by the situation on the first days and unable to properly identify enemy formations would start to be more efficient
During such operations every minute matters and speed is of the essence. Currently Ukraine is in a race against time trying to secure their operational goals before a Russian response is possible.
On August 6th the Ukrainians launched a new cross-border operation inside Russia's Kursk Oblast, this time with actual UGF units equipped with western equipment
Yesterday a Ukrainian Mixed BTG from the 82nd Air Assault brigade crossed the border into Kursk Oblast with the objective of breaching the border's minefields and destroying the weak Russian Border Guard elements there.
First, I want to talk about ISR and staging areas.
the French AASMs will be a direct contributor to the Russian FAB250 with a Conversion kit for guidance.
Assuming we have a reinforced brigade inside this town, it would need Small Arms/Mortar ammunition Rations, Petroleum, oil, Lubricants, Water potentially medical equipment of Spare Parts, Engineers would need resources and tools in order to do their jobs etc. 
during the last month the Russian after realizing their operations on the flanks had failed, started relocating and reinforcing forces towards more direct avenues to the town although this doesn't that they were interested in being stuck in heavy urban combat for months 
after the failure of the Ukrainian offensive in 2023 we haven't heard anything about a 2024 offensive this could either be because there is nothing planned or simply to not set any expectations to western allies and to keep it secret from the enemy 
Logistics are probably one of the most important factors in War it can be the difference between a 2 week operation and a 3 year struggle, a Commander's understanding of his own logistical capabilities is vital in an operation of any scale 
First of all I want to talk about the Russian defense consisting of Entrenched tree line positions the fields leading up to them being covered with minefields being covered by ATGM and AGS teams for anti Infantry and Anti armor capabilities
First of all I think we should talk about the Dnieper grouping and what it consists of as it is a lot worse quality than it looks like in my map you will see a lot of motorized icons 
After the failed assault on the eastern side the remaining vehicle relocated to the western side of the treeline 
There were a lot of convoys that pushed from 5 different brigades 
At the start of August the eastern flank was still recovering from the attacks that happened on late July
