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Russians broke Ukrainian defenses within the northwestern space of Korenevo village and entered Snagost, Ukrainian warfare mapping undertaking DeepState, affiliated with the Defense Ministry of Ukraine, reported on Tuesday. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S.-based assume tank, confirmed the breakthrough, including that Russian forces might need taken again a number of small settlements.
“Russian forces could intend to briefly bisect the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast earlier than starting a extra organized and well-equipped effort to push Ukrainian forces out of Russian territory,” the ISW mentioned.
But Vadym Mysnyk, spokesman of the Ukrainian military command Siversk, accountable for the Kursk operation, refused to verify or deny a breakthrough. “The operation is ongoing. We don’t touch upon particular tactical episodes, as a result of it impacts the course of the operation,” Mysnyk informed POLITICO.
One Ukrainian military brigade mentioned that its forces had already launched a counterattack to the Russians.
“Our models on the west of the Kursk ‘protrusion’ in Snagost now counterattack. Russian attacking models now additionally actively receiving a blow to the precise flank of its attacking models,” the brigade mentioned in a Telegram put up.
“During the [last] day, the enemy didn’t make any offensive actions and was pressured to restrain the blow from the south of the Glushkovskiy district. We are ready for optimistic information.”
