First minutes of offensive: Ukraine's Special Forces release video footage from Kursk operation
Photo: Ukraine's Special Operations Forces showed how the offensive in the Kursk region began (Getty Images)
The Ukrainian military showed footage from the first day of fighting in the Kursk region, the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine report.
In August 2024, Ukrainian troops launched a unique Kursk operation, entering enemy territory for the first time to conduct combat operations.
Today, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) published exclusive video footage filmed on the first day of the incursion into Russian defenses.
The released footage shows Ukrainian fighters advancing through enemy trenches, overcoming defensive positions in Russia's Kursk region.
Fighting in Kursk region
Since early August 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been conducting an operation in the Kursk region. Its goal was to weaken the enemy's combat capabilities and force it to redirect resources to the defense of its own territories.
By late summer, Ukrainian troops controlled 100 settlements in the region.
Despite this, since early March, the situation in the Kursk region has worsened. As reported by RBC-Ukraine's sources, Russian troops are trying to cut off the Sudzha-Sumy road to create an operational encirclement of Ukrainian forces.
Furthermore, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the information about the alleged encirclement of Ukrainian units in the Kursk region is not true. Such reports are spread by Russian propaganda.
To find out more about the fighting in the Kursk region and whether Ukraine's Armed Forces will be able to hold the buffer zone, read our material on the topic.
