Ukrainian Defenses in Russia’s Kursk Region Rocked by Kremlin Attack

 via Kyiv Post

A powerful assault led by Russian paratrooper and marine infantry slammed into the front line of the areas held by Ukraine’s forces in the Russian Federation’s Kursk region on Thursday, Oct. 10, gaining ground and according to unconfirmed milblogger reports putting defending troops to flight. 

A Russian attack backed by armored vehicles seemed to overwhelm forward positions held by Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) troops near the villages of Novoivanovka and Zeleniy Shlyakh and tore a gap around three kilometers (2 miles) wide in the western flank of Ukraine’s 100+ kilometer (62.5 mile) defensive line, early reports on the assault said.

The pro-Ukraine analyst project DeepState reported Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers passed through forward Ukrainian lines to force rear-area units to have to become involved in sometimes chaotic combat.

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Well this explains the latest round of international begging from Zelensky.

The Russians are breaking thru their latest defensive line.  Units that should be reinforcing those lines are instead pushed into Russia in what appears to be a hope that it would lessen pressure on the front.  A hope that failed.

It all goes back to that fool hardy offensive that Zelensky pushed against military advice.