2024-08-19
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The Ukrainian army launched a sudden attack, and the Russian army was caught off guard and retreated step by step. The initial performance of the Ukrainian and Russian armies has become a hot topic in the recent Russia-Ukraine conflict.
According to a report by Cankaoxiaoxi.com on the 18th, citing AFP, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 17th that the Ukrainian army was "reinforcing" its positions in Russia's Kursk region. The Russian army said it was "repelling" a new round of offensive launched by Kiev, while continuing to storm several regions of Ukraine, especially Donbass further south, where Russian troops have an advantage over Kiev's troops in numbers.
Zelensky said on social media on the 15th that the Ukrainian army has completely controlled the border town of Suja in Kursk Oblast, Russia. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sersky, said that since the start of the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have controlled 82 settlements with an area of 1,150 square kilometers and a depth of 35 kilometers.
A carefully planned “last stand” by the Ukrainian army?
The Ukrainian army suddenly crossed the border and attacked the city on Russian territory. The Russian army, caught off guard, organized defense while deploying troops and vowed to drive the Ukrainian army out of the territory. For the Ukrainian army, this was a cross-border attack. In addition to announcing some results, they kept silent about the troops, weapons and scale of their own operations. The Russian army's initial performance was shocking. For the sake of confidentiality, only the results were announced. In addition, considering the need for public opinion warfare, both sides may exaggerate the results. Therefore, in the past ten days, like other fronts in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, information was true and false, and the battlefield fog also existed.