Ukraine has forces and means to surprise Russia — military expert Zgurets on Kursk raid

He shared his opinions with Espreso TV.

“Over the course of a month, the Russians have really amassed forces and started counterattacking in the Kursk region. Now we are at an interesting stage when Ukrainian troops are conducting, in my opinion, the second phase of the operation in the Kursk region, responding to the Russian offensive. The enemy (Russian troops - ed.), using the best-trained units, approached and captured the village of Snagost, and in some areas began to advance. I would single out one settlement located to the east of Snagost - Lubimovka, which is 5 kilometers from the road from Korenevo to Sudzha. This is a logistics route that we also use to maintain Ukrainian troops. Now the enemy wants to break through to this route, so it has concentrated significant forces there,” commented the military expert.

According to him, a couple of days ago, when the Russian forces launched an offensive, the Ukrainian army countered. Today, there are at least three areas where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing - the Glushkovsky district, a little west of the Korenevo-Snagost area. That is, the settlements of Veseloye and Medvezhye, which are just to the rear of the Russian group that is advancing along this section.

“This is an important moment when the enemy is trying to hold our advance without additional reserves and complicate our logistics. On the contrary, we are creating significant threats to the Russians in this area, using our potential. This means that the situation here will be quite dynamic. We have the forces and means to continue surprising the invaders, and on the other hand, to put them at an extreme disadvantage in this area of the front," summarized Serhiy Zgurets.

• UK intelligence has released photos showing the bridges over the Seim River that were destroyed during Ukraine's operation in Russia's Kursk region.
• The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) hasn't seen any major fighting in the Kursk region that would suggest Russian troops have launched a full-scale, coordinated counteroffensive to push Ukrainian forces out of the area.