Defense Forces strike again at crossings in the Kursk oblast
7 September, 2024 Destruction of a pontoon crossing in the Kursk region 09/07/2024. Freeze frame from video UA_REG TEAM The Ukrainian Defense Forces have launched new strikes on the crossings and hit the Osa anti-aircraft missile system in the Kursk oblast using high-precision weapons.
The video of the UAV strikes was posted on the UA_REG TEAM Telegram channel. The OSINT experts have identified coordinates of one of the destroyed crossings, which is located near the village of Zvanoe. The video shows strikes, allegedly by SDB precision-guided bombs on two pontoon crossings in the Kursk oblast and HIMARS rockets on the Osa air defense system.
After the destruction of all three bridges over the Seim River in the Kursk region near the settlements of Karyzh, Zvanoe and Glushkovo, Russian troops in the border area were sandwiched between the Defense Forces and the river. Therefore, the only way to maintain logistics is to set up pontoon crossings, which are subject to attack.
The situation in Glushkovsky district of the Kursk oblast on the Deepstate map
In addition to the destruction of the pontoon crossing, the video also shows the destruction of an Osa SAM with two HIMARS rockets.
Strike on the Osa air defense system in the Kursk oblast, 09/07/2024.
Freeze frame from the UA_REG TEAM video
Fighting in the Kursk region
During the first month of fighting in the Kursk region, Russian troops lost 6,000 soldiers in killed and wounded. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky on September 6 at a briefing before a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine. "Ukraine now controls Russian territory of more than 1300 square kilometers.
From this territory of the Kursk region, Russian troops simply fled. They fled as soon as they saw that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were conducting an offensive. A large part of the Kursk region came under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the first month of fighting in the Kursk region, the Russian army lost more than six thousand soldiers in killed and wounded. The Russian army lost another 10 thousand soldiers in battles in other parts of the front," Zelensky said. Hundreds of Russian soldiers were also captured.
On August 15, 2024, the Ukrainian government established the first military commandant's office in the part of the Kursk region controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Major General Eduard Moskalev became its chief. The Main Communications Department of the Armed Forces, in response to a request from the BBC Ukraine, reported that the commandant's office had been established "in accordance with the norms of international humanitarian law." Its activities are approved by the order of Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi, which defines its purpose, tasks and functions.
"The military commandant's office is a unit designed to maintain public order and security (if possible), meet the priority needs of the civilian population, maintain law and order and military discipline among the military personnel of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and participate in countering sabotage," the response to the request reads.