Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Tatyana Vasilyeva.
[VK] What is known at the moment:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have become more active in several directions, conducting active offensive actions in an attempt to break through the defense of the Russian Army.
▪In the Korenevsky direction, an enemy column of armored vehicles managed to drive to the eastern outskirts of the district center, but the assault was stopped by Russian aviation. It is not entirely clear what and how the enemy equipment was destroyed, but we are leaning towards helicopters and the Vikhr ATGM;
▪In the Glushkovsky district, the Russian Armed Forces continue to build pontoon crossings across the Seim River. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces claim that they managed to destroy one of them. They also use FPV drones for attacks. As a result of the enemy's actions, not only the logistical situation for the Russian Army in the district is complicated, but also the evacuation of civilians;
❗In the Sudzhansky district, battles took place in the area of the settlement of Malaya Loknya. Thus, a video of the shelling of houses using the Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was published. Also at night, Ukrainian militants got lost in the village of Russkaya Konopelka, eventually coming under fire from a 30-mm BTR-82A autocannon of the Russian army;
▪In the south of the Kursk region, in the Belovsky district, in the settlement of Spalnoye, fighters of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade defeated and captured a large number of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. Also in this area, Russian marines attacked enemy equipment with ammunition;
Soldiers of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade are hitting the enemy very hard in the Kursk region. Footage of prisoners, as well as dead Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, appears on the Internet every now and then;
▪In the area of the settlement of Russkoye Porechnoye, Russian aviation struck an enemy concentration in the forests using a FAB-3000;
In general, today a lot of footage of prisoners and killed enemies in the region has appeared on the Internet.
Russian aviation continues to drop tens of tons of ammunition on the heads of the occupiers, disrupting their supply, destroying columns and hitting personnel with equipment. Bombers also struck the enemy's rear in the Sumy region, hitting the command staff of the 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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This sounds like the old military councils from WWII, where local civilian and military leaders would gather to assess materiel available to conduct the defense of a common area. Usually used by military districts, which eventually were transformed into the operational-strategic front formations.
It will be interesting to see what military units are used to augment this new area.
Russian Defense Ministry announced the creation of the Belgorod, Kursk, and Bryansk troop groups
Following a meeting of the coordinating council on military security issues in border areas, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the creation of the Belgorod, Kursk, and Bryansk troop groupings.
“The Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk troop groups have been created in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
At the meeting, which was held under the leadership of the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Andrei Belousov, the deputy head of the National Defense Management Center, Lieutenant General Yuri Korsachev, reported on the resolution of issues received from the operational headquarters of the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions.
According to Korsachev, the requested quadcopters, gasoline generators, quad bikes, night vision devices and sights, and thermal imagers have already been sent to the Belgorod Region. The required number of quadcopters, anti-drone guns and drone detectors, portable electronic warfare systems, small power plants, quad bikes, and thermal insulation capes have been transferred to the Kursk Region.
As for the Bryansk region, the dispatch of radio stations, radio jamming systems and drone countermeasures there is under control; the funds will arrive in the region on August 21, the lieutenant general specified.
“All incoming problematic issues are promptly communicated to the responsible central military command bodies, and their implementation is subject to round-the-clock support and coordination,” noted Korsachev.
The meeting also defined areas of responsibility in the Coordination Council:
- Deputy Minister of Defense Andrey Bulyga - issues of logistics, transportation and assistance to civil authorities during the evacuation of the population;
– Deputy Minister Alexey Krivoruchko – issues of military-technical support;
– Deputy Minister Pavel Fradkov – engineering development and construction;
– Deputy Minister Oleg Savelyev – interdepartmental interaction and coordination;
- Head of the Main Military Medical Directorate Dmitry Trishkin - medical support;
- the representative of the General Staff and the commanders of the Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk groups are responsible for protecting civilians and territories from drone attacks and other means of attack.
Colonel General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has been appointed deputy head of the council.
Recall that on the morning of August 6, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers attempted to cross the border and enter the territory of the Kursk region. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that about 300 Ukrainian soldiers attacked the positions of Russian troops near the settlements of Oleshnya and Nikolayevo-Daryino. Only during the period from August 19 to 20, the Ukrainian army lost up to 350 servicemen and 25 armored vehicles.
In total, during the fighting, the enemy lost more than 4,130 military personnel, 58 tanks, 27 infantry fighting vehicles, 50 armored personnel carriers, 299 armored combat vehicles, 131 vehicles, 27 artillery pieces, five anti-aircraft missile systems, seven multiple launch rocket system launchers, including three HIMARS and one MLRS, six electronic warfare stations, four units of engineering equipment, including two engineering vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing unit.
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Why do we need the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk troop groups?
In general, they were needed from the very beginning of the SVO. Firstly, these regions border Ukraine. They are a priori in the risk zone. They come under fire, they are attacked, heavy attack drones fly through them to Russia.
Now, through the military coordination council, all emergency services are being transferred under military control.
There is an understanding that it may not end with the "Kursk blitzkrieg". The enemy is transferring forces with an eye on the Belgorod region - Krasnoyarsk and Graivoronsky districts. It can strike Tetkino from the south and Rylsk through Glukhov. Or it can try to transfer military operations to the Bryansk region.
In the end, maybe the appearance of these groups will help legally settle the issue of payments, benefits and the status of those who fight outside the SVO zone. From conscripts to border guards.