“Russia has transferred around 50,000 soldiers from other sectors of the front to Kursk Oblast, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Oct. 10.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦
#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . Russian forces launched a new counterattack against Ukraine’s left flank in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, several Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels claimed on Oct. 10.
A Ukrainian official commented that the “Russian plan in Kursk Oblast has been thwarted so far” as Russian forces suffered losses.
Ukraine launched its cross-border incursion into Kursk Oblast in early August, claiming to initially seize some 1,300 square kilometers (500 square miles) but recently facing mounting pressure from growing Russian reinforcements.
“No details yet, but the Russian military suffered significant losses in equipment,” said Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
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