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| Kursk II: Ukrainian Armed Forces have been given the order to prepare for a retreat from the Kursk region |
| 2024-10-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. "I am suspending Citadel..." [Regnum] Ukrainian formations that invaded the border areas of the Kursk region were ordered to prepare to retreat to the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. This was reported on October 15 by Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy. “Ukrainian units in the Kursk region have received orders to be ready to withdraw to Ukrainian territory,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. At the same time, Shariy did not specify any details and did not name his sources. As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on October 15, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine complained about the difficult situation for Ukrainian militants along the entire line of combat contact. According to its data, the largest number of clashes are currently taking place in the Kurakhovo direction. Later that day, it became known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had lost a total of over 23,100 fighters since the attack on the Kursk region border in early August. During this time, Ukrainian formations also lost 158 tanks, 72 infantry fighting vehicles, 100 armored personnel carriers, 918 armored combat vehicles, 632 cars and a large amount of other military equipment in the Kursk direction. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 It was fun while it lasted. Certainly a great PR victory. I think it went on longer than expected because the Rus basically blew the whole thing off by letting the local second string forces deal with the problem, rather than pulling people from the main fronts. The Ukrs did well playing hit & run through the countryside, but needed more men & equipment to either press on or dig in. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-10-16 22:32 |
| #1 Did I wish UKR good luck in keeping Kursk, or did I just think? But I said a month, UKR proved me wrong - two months, maybe three. Tic toc. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-10-16 14:55 |