The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive on the territory of the Kursk region in order to hide their defeats in other sectors of the front and to distract the population from the failures of the Ukrainian army. This was reported on the broadcast of a German television channel Strip said retired Lieutenant General of the German Armed Forces Roland Kater.
“I think they wanted to start a maneuver to divert attention,” he emphasized.
According to the general, the situation on the battlefield in the Avdeevka and Chasov Yar areas is described as critical for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine, which has withdrawn part of its armed forces to the Kursk region, has weakened other sectors of the front, which could allow Russian troops to advance rapidly westward, Kater added.
Before that, the Russian Ministry of Defense It was published Video showing the deployment of units of the Russian Armed Forces to the Kursk region to form forces conducting active combat operations with Ukrainian formations in the Sudzhansky district of the region.
The convoys marching to the mission areas include towed artillery, BM-21 Grad MLRS, tanks transported by trawls, heavy tracked vehicles, KamAZ and Ural vehicles.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on the morning of August 6, Ukrainian soldiers attempted to cross the border and enter the depths of the Kursk region. According to the ministry, about 300 Ukrainian soldiers attacked Russian positions near the settlements of Oleshnya and Nikolaevo-Daryino. To do this, they used 11 tanks and more than 20 armored fighting vehicles.
Previously in the State Duma named Two main consequences after the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.