Russian sabotage and assault groups have penetrated the outskirts of the town of Sudzha in the Ukrainian-occupied part of the border Russian Kursk region, the General Staff (GST) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) said this morning, quoted by Ukrinform and BTA.
They were detected by reconnaissance means from the air. In response, Ukrainian paratroopers launched rocket and artillery strikes on the Russian military and used various types of autonomous weapon systems.
The Ukrainian General Staff assured that Russian special forces suffered heavy losses in the Sudzha area.
These data have not been independently verified. There has been no reaction from Russia so far.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported, quoted by TASS, that 88 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight, including one over the Kursk region.
Earlier, media outlets reported that a hundred Russian soldiers approached Ukrainian positions in Sudzha yesterday morning, sneaking through an unused gas pipeline, Ukrinform notes.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a surprise invasion of the Kursk region in August last year, occupying part of it.
Yesterday, Russia announced that it had launched a major offensive against Ukrainian soldiers in this western region of itss. Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported three recaptured villages there.
Most of the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region are almost surrounded, with their main supply lines cut off, Reuters reported yesterday, citing maps drawn up based on open sources.