russian media: russian and ukrainian troops shifted to positional warfare in kursk
2024-09-07
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reference news reported on september 7according to a report on the russian website of the independent on september 6, despite the difficulties in the donbass region, the ukrainian army continued to mobilize new reserve forces to russia's kursk oblast. ukrainian president zelensky threatened that the ukrainian army would stay in russia for a long time. russian president putin said at the eastern economic forum that the russian army was "gradually driving out" the ukrainian troops from the kursk oblast, and at the same time greatly accelerated the offensive in the donbass region.
putin said that the ukrainian army sent a large number of well-trained troops to attack kursk oblast, which weakened its defense in key directions of donbass. the russian army has accelerated its offensive in eastern ukraine and seized territory at a speed rarely seen in recent times. he said that the ukrainian army has suffered heavy losses in manpower and equipment.
according to the russian ministry of defense on the 5th, the ukrainian army lost 370 people and 17 armored vehicles on the kursk front in the past day, but the ukrainian army continued to try to launch attacks in multiple directions in the state. experts believe that the battle in kursk state has taken on the nature of positional warfare, and the ukrainian army is actively consolidating its defensive positions, setting up minefields and building anti-tank trenches, bunkers and long-term firing points.
against this background, the ukrainian army press service announced that the ukrainian army's garrison command on the occupied territory of kursk oblast has begun operations, responsible for "ensuring compliance with the norms of international humanitarian law among the population."
in various parts of russia that have entered a state of anti-terrorist operations, authorities have begun to form militias. the russian ministry of defense said that belgorod oblast is forming a militia composed of volunteers. kursk oblast has also formed a similar force. russian local authorities said that after signing a six-month contract, the volunteers will receive training, obtain necessary weapons, and cooperate with the army and the anti-terrorist operation command.
according to western and ukrainian media reports, zelensky said that the ukrainian army is completing all tasks within the framework of the offensive in kursk oblast, and will achieve fruitful results throughout september. us media reported that zelensky recently met with jon finner, deputy assistant to the us president for national security affairs, who visited kiev to "coordinate strategic planning in the military, economic and energy fields."
there is reason to believe that finner's visit is related to ukraine's request for the united states to provide it with long-range weapons that can strike russian territory. the americans seem to be meeting ukraine's request. according to reuters, the united states is close to reaching an agreement with ukraine to supply ukraine with agm-158 joint air defense zone launch air-to-surface missiles. the united states may provide ukraine with the old agm-158a missiles with a maximum range of 370 kilometers, which are likely to be carried by f-16 fighters provided to ukraine by nato countries.
on september 5, putin demonstrated his firm determination to conquer all of donbas, a large industrial region in eastern ukraine, where his troops continue to advance despite a simultaneous ukrainian offensive in russia's kursk region.
putin stressed at an economic forum in russia's far east on the 5th that the complete "liberation" of donbass (including the two regions of luhansk and donetsk) "is our top priority." despite the huge human and economic costs of the special military operation in ukraine, he still showed his determination. (compiled by liu yang and lin xiaoxuan)
