Russia intensifies attacks on Sudzha in Kursk Oblast
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Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:58:08 +0200
Russia has intensified attacks on the town of Sudzha in Kursk Oblast and its neighbouring villages.
Source Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, press officer of the temporary military commandants office on the territory of the Russian Federation, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast, as quoted by Ukrinform Quote from Dmytrashkivsky Civilians are mostly at home or in nursing homes because the enemy has intensified attacks on the town of Sudzha and the surrounding villages.
Many villages simply do not exist anymore.
From 6 August to the present day, 36 civilians have been killed as a result of aerial attacks and artillery shelling of the town of Sudzha.
Around 100 people have been injured, both severely and moderately.
Details Dmytrashkivskyi noted that the Russians are very actively using S300s on the town of Sudzha.
He said that the FPV drones fly like swarms of bees and record any movement.
Quote from Dmytrashkivsky According to intelligence, Russia has deployed 12,000 FPV drones, about 800 Lancets, and 2,500 Mavic drones to Kursk Oblast.
That is a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles that are being used today.
Read more CommanderinChief Syrskyis raid how the Ukrainian offensive in Russias Kursk Oblast is progressing and what to expect next Previously On the night of 5 January, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive in Russias Kursk Oblast.
Prior to that, the CommanderinChief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, visited the Kursk front and presented soldiers with awards there.
Background The Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed the RussianUkrainian border near the town of Sudzha, Kursk Oblast, on 6 August 2024.
On 12 August, the Ukrainian authorities confirmed for the first time that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were involved in a special operation in Kursk Oblast.
In particular, the town of Sudzha is under Ukrainian control, and Ukrainian and foreign journalists have visited it.
The Federal Security Service of Russia FSB has initiated criminal cases against American and Ukrainian journalists who filmed footage near the city of Sudzha in Russias Kursk Oblast after it was captured by Ukrainian forces.
As of 20 August, Ukrainian forces control more than 1,260 sq km of territory and 93 settlements in Kursk Oblast, Russia.
On 30 August, Oleksandr Syrskyi, CommanderinChief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported at a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme CommanderinChief that Ukrainian troops had advanced up to two kilometres in some areas of Russias Kursk Oblast over the past day and took control of 5 square kilometres of Russian territory Support UP or become our patron
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