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[Global Times Special Correspondent Chen Yang Liu Yupeng] The exchange of fire between the Ukrainian and Russian troops in the Kursk region is becoming increasingly intense. The Ukrainian army used long-range guided weapons to blow up two bridges in the region, trying to recreate the previous battle in the Kherson region and force the Russian troops on the front line to retreat by cutting off the Russian army's supply lines. The Russian army retaliated tit-for-tat and destroyed two "HIMARS" long-range rocket launcher systems in the rear of the Ukrainian army. However, even Western media generally believe that the Ukrainian army's current offensive in Kursk has not changed the situation on the main battlefield in eastern Ukraine.

Is it a rocket or a guided bomb?

According to Reuters on the 17th, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said: "The Kursk region was attacked for the first time by Western-made rocket launchers, possibly the US 'HIMARS' rocket launcher." Zakharova also said: "Due to the attack on the Seym River Bridge in the Glushkovsky area, the bridge was completely destroyed." Alexi Smirnov, acting governor of Kursk Oblast, confirmed that a highway bridge over the Seym River was destroyed by an Ukrainian army attack.

The U.S. website "Dynamics" said that this may be the biggest logistical blow suffered by the Russian army since the conflict broke out in the Kursk direction. The Seym River winds through most of Kursk and flows into Ukraine downstream. The destroyed bridge is one of the three cross-river bridges in the area, located farthest east, less than 10 miles from the Ukrainian-controlled area. It is said that the Ukrainian army has attempted to destroy the bridge at least three times recently. The first two times the bridge was hit by guided rockets fired by the "HIMARS" rocket launcher system, but the bridge deck was only damaged and not destroyed.