Russian Volunteer Corps raid into Russia: Progress made after week of fighting
Photo: In Belgorod and Kursk regions, the gray zone covers more than 50 square kilometers (Getty Images)
Russian volunteer troops fighting on the side of Ukraine continue to raid the Kursk and Belgorod regions. The rebels managed to occupy some settlements near the Russian border, and the gray zone has expanded during the week of fighting.
RBC-Ukraine uses DeepState maps to show where the Russian volunteer troops have advanced in the past week of fighting.
Russian volunteer troops' advances: map of gray zones
From the first day of the operation, the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion, and the Siberian Battalion claimed that they had managed to take control of Tyotkino in the Kursk region. But later, the volunteers clarified that they had taken only a part of the village and that fighting was still going on.
Currently, the gray zone in the area of Tyotkino covers 11.29 square kilometers.
Photo: Tyotkino, Kursk region (Deep State)
Below the map, you can see how the gray zone has covered Glotovo and Kozinka in the Belgorod region and covers an area of 14.88 square kilometers.
On March 18, Russian rebels announced that they had taken control of Kozinka. A flag was raised there. But now, videos of fighting in the village continue to circulate online. It should be noted that this village in the Graivoronsky district has already been significantly destroyed by Russian aviation.
Photo: Glotovo and Kozinka, Belgorod region (Deep State)
Not so far from this area, a new gray zone has recently formed in the village of Gor'kovskiy, Belgorod region, with a size of 9.84 square kilometers. Thus, on March 17, the Siberian Battalion reported that fighters together with Ichkerian volunteers entered the village and seized the administrative building. A few hours later, the rebels claimed that the settlement was under their control and raised the flag.
Photo: Gor'kovskiy, Belgorod region (Deep State)
Very close to the village of Gor'kovskiy, Russian volunteer troops also occupied the border village of Lozovaya Rudka. The gray zone there is currently not large - 0.34 square kilometers.
Photo: Lozovaya Rudka, Belgorod region (Deep State)
In addition, the village of Nekhoteyevka in the Belgorod district also fell under the gray zone. We are talking about an area of 1.57 square kilometers.
Photo: Nekhoteyevka, Belgorod region (Deep State)
The Russian authorities also lost control of the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region. The gray zone there is 13.72 square kilometers.
Photo: Novaya Talvozhanka, Belgorod region (Deep State)
In total, the gray zones in Belgorod and Kursk regions cover 51.64 square kilometers.
Russian volunteer troops' raid into Russia
On March 12, it became known that the Russian border had been breached by fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps, and the Siberian Battalion, who are fighting on the side of Ukraine.
These volunteer battalions have entered Kursk and Belgorod regions, where they continue to fight, including attacks on the Russian occupiers' military facilities. For example, the rebels have recently published a long list of Russian occupiers' losses.
In addition, Ichkerian volunteers have recently joined the fighters. Meanwhile, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine says that Russian operations will not end anytime soon.
The local authorities have also realized this. In fact, after a week of fighting, they decided to evacuate the population in the Belgorod region.
Read more about the raid in the Belgorod and Kursk regions and what is happening there in the RBC-Ukraine article.
