Border breach in Russia's Kursk region is expanding: Maps of battles
Photo: The fighting is expanding in the Kursk region of Russia (Getty Images)
Today is the seventh day of fighting in the Kursk region of Russia. Ukrainian forces have apparently managed to advance to the west and northwest. Clashes were reported overnight in several areas at once, and in the morning, the neighboring Belgorod region announced evacuations in one of the districts “due to the presence of the Ukrainian army.”
Read the latest information about the situation in the Russian border area.
Contents
- Kursk region: Maps of fighting
- Russian defense ministry is lying about successful strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces
- Alarming news in Belgorod region and evacuation
Kursk region: Maps of fighting
Based on geolocation footage and Russian and Ukrainian videos from August 10 and 11, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing west and northwest in the Kursk region.
- Sudzha. Russians claim that Ukrainian forces are present in the western part of the town, while its central and eastern parts are in the gray zone.
- Snagost. Ukrainian forces advanced to the settlement and were operating southeast of Korenevo.
- Kremyanoe.The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced near the village, which is also located east of Korenevo.
- Olgovka. Some Russian military reporters claimed that Ukrainian forces had captured the village, while others reported only “Ukrainian forces advancing” in the area.
- Cherkasskoe Porechnoe. Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the village, located north of Sudzha.
- Malaya Loknya. The Ukrainian armed forces have recently been active to the west of the village, which is located northwest of Sudzha.
- Martynovka. Analysts report conflicting statements about the status of the village. Some Russian military officials claimed that the Russian army had allegedly repelled attempts to seize the village, while others wrote that “Ukrainian troops returned and occupied the settlement.”
- Guevo. Additional geolocation footage shows that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have recently been operating in the area of this village.
Analysts also write about the presence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Goncharovka and Zaoleshenka, and that Ukrainian fighters allegedly acted southwest of Gogolevka. The Russians say there is unconfirmed information that “Ukrainian troops are operating near Borki and Spalnoe (both located southeast of Sudzha).
As of yesterday, August 11, the total area where the fighting was taking place was up to 720 square kilometers. This is 70 square kilometers more than the day before, according to estimates by the Russian news outlet Agentstvo.
The farthest point from the border where the fighting took place was the village of Obshchy Kolodez in the Korenevsky district (28 km from the border and only 9 km from the Lgov-Rylsk road).
Photo: The area of fighting in the Kursk region continued to grow on Sunday (agentstvonews)
Russian defense ministry is lying about successful strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces
Meanwhile, investigators from The Insider pointed out an interesting detail. According to them, the videos of the Russian ministry of defense, which allegedly show successful strikes on the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region, were filmed long ago and in other places. As an example, the journalists cite a video published on August 10 by the Russian propaganda agency RIA Novosti, referencing the Russian ministry of defense. The footage shows alleged strikes in the border area of the Kursk region, but in fact, as the journalists point out, it is a filming of strikes on the cities of Kreminna and Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.
The situation is similar with the video of the Russian MoD on August 9. The footage, as claimed by the Russian ministry, shows “new strikes by the Russian army in the Sumy region”. But, as The Insider found out, it is a video published by TASS propagandists on July 14 this year.
Photo: The situation in the border area of the Kursk region, according to the map of Radio Liberty (svoboda.org)
Alarming news in Belgorod region and evacuation
This morning, the governor of the Belgorod region of Russia, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced the evacuation of local residents from the Krasnoyaruzhsky border district.
“We have an alarming morning, the enemy is active on the border of the Krasnoyaruzsky district... But in order to protect the life and health of our population, we are starting to move people living in the Krasnoyaruzsky district to safer places,” Gladkov said.
Meanwhile, the Russian BBC said that Russian military propagandists reported an attack by a Ukrainian unit on the border village of Kolotilovka in the district on Sunday.
The propaganda Telegram channel Readovka writes that “the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to squeeze into Kolotilovka all night” and the fighting continues.
Local authorities in the Belovsky district of the Kursk region report a “very tense” situation. The head of the district, Nikolai Volobuev, called on the locals to evacuate.
Photo: Evacuation has been announced in the Krasnoyaruzsky district of the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine (google.com.ua/maps)
On August 6, the Russian side announced the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the Kursk region. A week has passed and the fighting is still going on there. Putin's regime has already introduced a counterterrorist operation in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions of Russia.
The military and political leadership of Ukraine do not confirm its involvement in this operation. However, yesterday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian military was currently “pushing the war back” to the aggressor's territory.
Read more about what is happening in the border regions of Russia in our article How 'Kursk breakthrough' could boost Ukraine power for negotiations.
Sources: the report and maps of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Telegram channel of Agentstvo, The Insider, BBC, Readovka, Radio Liberty, and other data from open sources.
