As you may have seen, yesterday, Thursday, our president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated that Ukrainian forces liberated the key community of Sudzha in the Russian Kursk region; this means that Ukrainian troops are continually driving into the Russian territory.
On X, in a post, Zelenskyy passed on acknowledgement from the commander in chief of Ukraine, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi. There is new progress,” said Zelensky.
” The Commander-in-Chief reported on operations in Kursk Oblast. Our ‘exchange fund’ has been further replenished. General Syrskyi confirmed the successful liberation of Sudzha from Russian forces. ”
This is to establish an office of the commandant in Sudzha. Over 80 settlements in Kursk are now under Ukrainian control. ‘I want to say thank you to each one of our warriors who have made this possible’, he said.
General Syrskyi provided more information about serious defensive stands in places like Toretsk and Pokrovsk, which are now experiencing significant Russian pressure. “These areas are receiving our utmost defensive attention,” Zelenskyy said. Priority supplies—everything that is needed—are being sent there. ”
To the best of my knowledge up to this point, Moscow has not provided any statement regarding Ukraine’s allegations. From the military bloggers, it is reported that the fighting is still raging in Kursk, especially at the Sudzha, where the Ukrainians have been putting pressure for one week now.
Sudzha’s capture has strengthened Ukrainian positions in Kursk; it occurred after a sudden attack on August 6. Despite the efforts taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold security meetings intended to topple the advance of Ukraine, it turns out that Russia is having a hard time staging an appropriate reaction.
This week, Ukraine said it had liberated about 250 square kilometres in Kursk and is developing on many fronts from Sudzha toward the Russian forces.
Despite the Ukrainian authorities’ repeated assertions that they want to retake no Russian land, Kyiv’s actions could force the Russians to shift their focus to southern Ukraine, which might ease the pressure on the east of the country. Also, Ukraine has taken a significant number of prisoners of war, which, in the future, maybe an asset in negotiations.
