“We have no artillery， no tanks， no equipment． “Was no one prepared？” Ukrainian ground forces launch first large-scale invasion of Russia， why aren’t Russian troops coming？
■The Ukrainian army, which has long been on the defensive, has invaded Kursk Oblast on the Russian border and launched a fierce attack. Russian bloggers are outraged: “We knew it was coming” as Ukrainian troops gather in the border area and launch an attack. On August 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin belatedly broke his silence, acknowledging that Ukrainian forces had launched a cross-border attack in the western Kursk region, and strongly condemned the invasion, calling it a “major provocation.” “We can no longer tolerate what is happening in the Kursk region,” Putin told the National Security Council. “As we all know, Ukraine has once again launched a major provocation, indiscriminately attacking civilian buildings, homes, ambulances, etc. with various weapons, including missiles.” Ukrainian ground troops and armored vehicles invaded Russia’s Kursk Oblast, which borders Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine, on the 6th. Fierce fighting broke out. Ukraine-based anti-Putin Russian militias have invaded Belgorod Oblast, south of Kursk Oblast, in the past, but this is the first time that the Ukrainian military has launched a cross-border attack. Ukrainian forces have reportedly advanced significantly deeper into Russian territory, though this has not been acknowledged by Putin or the Russian Ministry of Defense. ■ Border area becomes “hell on earth” “Air strikes, missile attacks, artillery fire and the rapid reaction of border defense forces in the Kursk region prevented the enemy from penetrating deep into the territory of the Russian Federation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on the 7th. Kursk Oblast’s acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, reported in a Telegram message that five civilians had been killed and 20 wounded in the fighting. A state of emergency was declared in the state. State officials say thousands of residents have already been evacuated from the border area. According to the Telegram channel “rybar”, founded by former Russian Defense Ministry official Mikhail Zbynchuk, Ukrainian forces have seized three villages in the Kursk Oblast: Nikolayevo-Dalino, Dalino and Sverdlikhovo. Several other Russian military bloggers also reported on Telegram that several villages had been taken, and that the invasion had been planned for a long time, sharply criticizing the Kremlin’s delayed response that led to a “hell on earth” devastation. “It was obvious that Ukrainian forces would advance into Kursk Oblast,” Anastasia Kashevalova, a blogger who supports Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, wrote on Telegram. It was also known that Ukrainian forces were concentrating forces in the border area. As always, we knew everything, the soldiers on the ground had reported it, but the higher-ups did nothing.” “The (invading) forces are roaming our territory. But our troops are nowhere to be found, there are no infantrymen,” lamented the Telegram channel “Callsign osetin.” “We have no artillery, no tanks, no equipment. Was no one prepared for this? All that’s left are aircraft and operators, forward air traffic controllers and border guards.” Military blogger Ravreba said the Kremlin is “totally ignoring” the situation. “Russia’s new defense minister (Andrei Belousov) is more comfortable counting the assets stolen by his grandfathers than scolding generals who only get up if threatened with a whip or an axe.” After the National Security Council meeting, Putin said he would meet separately with defense ministry officials, border guards from the Federal Security Service (FSB), and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the current situation. Related threads Ukrainian troops crossing the Russian border, seizing 3 villages, new recruits taken prisoner in Kursk Oblast, western Russia ★2 [Goma Kanpachi★] State of emergency declared in western Russia, Ukrainian troops in cross-border attack seize major gas facility, only point transporting Russian gas to EU [Goma Kanpachi★] Ukrainian troops may have occupied 11 “positions” in Russian territory, unable to respond to “unexpected” attack [Goma Kanpachi★] ★1: 2024/08/09 (Fri) 00:03:20.31.
>>6 I guess there won’t be a ceasefire since a corridor to Crimea and Russia has been built. Looking at Afghanistan, they can probably fight for another 10 years.
Russia doesn’t have any decent fighting power left. How can the Soviet-made junk tanks that they begged Kim Jong-un to give them to them and the new recruits who are practically amateurs with no practical experience or training fight against the elite Ukrainian forces equipped with F16s? It’s likely that the Russian army will be driven out of the Crimean Peninsula within a few months.
>>13 Ukraine is occupying Russian territory, so ceasefire immediately. It’s become impossible to fix the status quo lol. Russia’s territory is 50 times that of Japan, and its population is only slightly larger than Japan’s, so it’s pretty empty. Its military forces are spread thinly and long along the front lines, so if the front lines are broken and the enemy invades the rear, it will be completely occupied.
Isn’t this the traditional Russian tactic of surrounding and annihilating an enemy when its supply lines reach their limit, which annihilated Napoleon’s and Nazi armies?
The scale is proportional to the number of casualties, so it can’t be considered large-scale until there are several thousand confirmed casualties. Stop buying into the propaganda.
I can’t help but fantasize that ground troops will invade Russian territory, destroying anti-aircraft weapons, and then F-16s will launch kamikaze attacks on Moscow later.
Ukrainian troops establish defensive posture along the Surovkin Line. The number has increased to about 6,000. I think the Russian army will also move from Kharkov to Kursk for a decisive battle.
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