Ukrainian journalists visited the Kursk region: what is happening there
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- Alona Kokhanchuk
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14:00, 14 August, 2024
Photo by TSN from the Kursk regionUkrainian journalists visited the Russian city of Sudzha in the Kursk Region for the first time.
TSN filmed a special report in Sudzha. She talked with local residents and showed how our fighters distributed humanitarian aid.
It is reported that the city of Sudzha itself was not badly damaged. Most of the damage is from aerial bombs dropped by the Russians themselves. There are people in the basements of houses. Now the Ukrainian military is taking them under their care. In particular, humanitarian aid was brought to them.
About 100 people remained in the city. In addition to adults, there are also children. Ukrainian defenders removed the Russian flag from one of the administrative buildings in Sudzha, located approximately 10 kilometers from the border with the Sumy region.
According to the journalists, at the entrance to the city there was a burned column of Russian army equipment with Russian license plates and specific enemy markings. Combat vehicles were driving towards the Ukrainian border.
Photo by TSN from the Kursk region
Photo by TSN from the Kursk region
Photo by TSN from the Kursk region
Photo by TSN from the Kursk region
Photo by TSN from the Kursk regionWhat is happening in the Kursk region
The Russian side claims that on August 6, the Ukrainian military allegedly tried to break through the border and gain a foothold in the Sudzhanskyi and Korenievskyi districts of the Kursk region.
According to the information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, approximately 300 Ukrainian soldiers on 11 tanks and 20 armored vehicles allegedly attempted to break through.
According to local media reports, six Russian servicemen were captured by the Armed Forces, and the Russian Telegram channel «VChK-OGPU» claims that the Chechen special forces «Akhmat» stationed on the border have left their positions, and 15 soldiers were injured.
Russian soldiers report that Ukrainian forces have already occupied several settlements in the Kursk region, and the city of Sudzha has actually been evacuated.
At the same time, the UN Secretary General does not have any information about the events in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation: «We do not have representatives in this area.»
On Monday, August 12, Kursk Oblast Governor Oleksii Smirnov reported to Vladimir Putin that 28 settlements in the region «are under the control of the enemy».
It was also reported that the offensive of Ukraine forces Russia to change its strategy, so the Russian army began to withdraw part of its troops from the territory of Ukraine in response to the unexpected invasion of Ukrainian forces into the Kursk region.