The Kremlin has likely opted to declare a counterterrorism operation (CTO) regime instead of martial law to downplay the scale of the incursion into Kursk Oblast and to avoid causing panic or backlash domestically.
Source: Institute for the Study of Wa…
The Russian military command may currently be resisting the redeployment of forces from other operational fronts to prevent events in Russia’s Kursk Oblast from disrupting Russian offensive operations in Ukraine’s east.
Source: Institute for the …
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported on 9 August on defensive actions on the fronts from which Russia launched attacks on Ukrainian territory.
Source: Zelenskyy on so…
Russian ground troops continue to conduct offensive operations in many parts of the front line in Donetsk Oblast, with Russia making further tactical progress.
Source: a review by UK Defence Intelligence on 9 August, as reported by European Pravda
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“Russia brought war to our land, and it should feel what it has done,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Aug 8, which avoided a direct mention of the ongoing fighting in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.Kyiv has so far maintained a polic…
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A Ukrainian official on Aug. 6 denied that Russia fully captured the village of Niu-York in …
Alexei Smirnov, the acting governor of Russia’s Kursk Oblast, and several Russian military bloggers have reported that fighting continues in the border areas of the Sudzha and Korenevoy districts of Kursk Oblast. This information, however, contradicts …
Snipers from the 3rd Regiment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have killed five Russian soldiers who were trying to approach their position.
Source: Special Operations Forces (SOF) of Ukraine on Telegram
Details: The SOF …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has convened another meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff, with a focus on the situation at the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Kharkiv fronts. Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces,…
On 5 August, Russian authorities detained Vyacheslav Akhmedov, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defence’s Patriot Park, and Major General Vladimir Shesterov, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Defence’s Innovation Development Department, on susp…