The Russian army must recapture a part of the Kursk region occupied by Ukrainian forces before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States. This is what President Vladimir Putin wants, writes The Telegraph newspaper with reference to its sources. Ahead of the planned counter-offensive, Russia has amassed more than 50,000 troops in the border region. Vadim Mysnik, the spokesman of the Siversk Ukrainian operational-tactical group, said that the Ukrainians had to repel enemy attacks “every 10-15 minutes”.
President Vladimir Putin hopes to take back the territories occupied by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region before the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20. NATO countries are thinking about this, – wrote the British newspaper “The Telegraph” on Monday.
Earlier, the New York Times reported that Russia had massed more than 50,000 troops in the Kursk region for a planned counter-offensive. Among them is the North Korean army.
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Strong predictions of attacks
The Telegraph, referring to the assessment of the British military intelligence, wrote that Russia will most likely intensify the attacks of drones on Ukrainian positions in the coming days. So far, Russian forces have recaptured almost half of the territories of Kursk region occupied by Ukrainians since the beginning of their operations in August of this year.
The Telegraph noted that, according to Ukrainian analysts, the Kremlin could use the counterattack plan in the Kursk region to attack Ukraine in the direction of Sumy, in the northeast of the country.
Analysts of the Ukrainian DeepState project, which monitors the situation on the front, reported that in the first ten days of November, the Russian army did not register any significant progress in the Kursk region. Despite Putin's announcement of “quick” cleansing of the border area, Russian troops managed to recapture only four square kilometers of land at that time. Ukrainians still control 611 square kilometers of Russian territory – DeepState findings reported to the independent Russian-language website The Moscow Times.
Video purporting to show North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk region Anton Gerashchenko/Twitter
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Storms every “10-15 minutes”
Vadym Mysnik, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Siversk operational-tactical group, told Suspilne TV that the Ukrainians had to repel enemy attacks “every 10-15 minutes”. Among other things, they fought with soldiers of the 810th Marine Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, enemy special forces and assault battalions.
Forbes military analyst David Ax, referring to The Moscow Times, wrote that the units of three Ukrainian brigades in the Kursk region with an area of about 648 square kilometers maintain the front line, but the Russian troops brought from North Korea to North Korea. helps, they have a great advantage both in people and in technology.
Reports of Trump's conversation with Putin
On Sunday, the newspaper “Washington Post” wrote that Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin. It is said that Trump advised the Russian leader not to escalate the conflict and that the conversation refers to “peace in Europe”.
The next day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the reports, calling them “pure fabrications.”
Fighting in the PAP of the Kursk region
PAP, The Moscow Times, Suspilne
Main photo source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook
