Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30 kilometers into Russian territory， the Russian government acknowledges， pushing Ukrainian military forces deeper into the country．
The Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged on the 11th that Ukrainian forces had advanced up to 30 kilometers (19 miles) into Russian territory. This is the first time that Ukrainian troops have entered Russian territory to this extent since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Meanwhile, a fire appears to have broken out at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant under Russian occupation, with both Ukraine and Russia blaming the other side. The Russian Defense Ministry said on the 11th that “Russian forces have prevented an enemy motorized convoy with armored vehicles from penetrating deep into Russian territory.” However, by revealing that fighting had taken place with Ukrainian forces in the villages of Turpino, about 25 km from the border, and Obshchi-Korodez, about 30 km from the border, it appears that they have admitted that Ukrainian military forces have penetrated deeper into their territory. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of “threatening the peaceful population of Russia.” ■Ukrainian troops in various parts of Kursk Oblast, Russia It has been six days since Ukrainian military forces crossed the border into Kursk Oblast in western Russia. Russia announced that the Kursk region had been attacked on the 6th and later declared a state of emergency in the region. In a televised address on the evening of the 10th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time that his country’s troops were conducting a cross-border attack in Kursk Oblast. The president said this summer that Russia had launched more than 2,000 attacks on Ukraine from the Kursk side of the border. “Artillery shells, mortars, drones. Missile attacks have also been confirmed. Every aggression deserves a counterattack,” President Zelenskyy told the nation. Ukrainian forces have so far claimed control of several settlements in the Kursk region. In the village of Guevo, about three kilometers from the border, soldiers were filmed removing the Russian flag from the administrative building. Elsewhere, footage has surfaced of Ukrainian forces taking control of administrative buildings in the villages of Swerdlikhovo and Poloz. Heavy fighting was also reported in the village of Suzha, population 5,000, where Ukrainian soldiers filmed themselves outside a major gas facility involved in transporting natural gas from Russia through Ukraine to the European Union. *Omitted ■The goal is to destabilize Russia, says Ukrainian official A senior Ukrainian government official told AFP that the attack on Kursk Oblast is an operation involving several thousand troops. Russian border guards initially reported only small-scale attacks. Although Ukrainian-backed spy groups have launched sporadic cross-border attacks into Russia in the past, the current Kursk attack marks the largest counterattack by Ukrainian regular forces so far in the war. “We are on the offensive,” a senior government official told AFP. The objective is to disperse the enemy’s positions and inflict maximum losses. And to destabilize the situation inside Russia by creating a situation in which it cannot even defend its own borders.” Ukrainian parliament member Oleksiy Goncharenko praised the Kursk operation, saying it “brought us closer to peace than 100 peace conferences.” “When Russia has to fight back on its own territory and Russian people are fleeing, when Russian people start to care, then only then can we tell the Russians to stop the war,” he told the BBC. ※Omitted Related threads Russia continues to face cross-border attacks from Ukraine, criticism of Putin’s administration grows, US and EU support Ukraine, and allow use of weapons within Russian territory [Goma Kanpachi★] 5 brigades participate in Ukrainian army’s “counter-invasion” to the north, total force up to 10,000 Russian reinforcements defeated and thwarted by Himars ★2 [Goma Kanpachi★] Ukrainian army expands cross-border attack to Belgorod oblast in western Russia, governor indirectly acknowledges Ukrainian army’s claim to control part of Belgorod oblast [Goma Kanpachi★] Ukrainian surprise attack shocks Russia, 5th day of cross-border attack, tensions continue, Ukrainian army appears to have controlled up to 20 villages ★3 [Goma Kanpachi★] Russia and Ukraine cross-border attack causes 76,000 people to evacuate, national nuclear giant warns of “direct threat” to Kursk nuclear power plant ★2 [Goma Kanpachi★].
Ukrainian army: “Huh? We’re advancing with almost no resistance.” Ukrainian army: “Huh? We’re almost at Moscow…” Ukrainian army: “Huh? Moscow fell in a day.” Ukrainian army: “Huh? The Kremlin and St. Petersburg have fallen.”
>>8 Ukrainian Army: “Huh? We’re surrounded without even realizing it.” Ukrainian Army: “Huh? We’re not getting any supplies or reinforcements.” Ukrainian Army: “Huh? Maybe we’ve got no way out?”
This retaliation made it clear that the logic that the victims of the war were contract soldiers – the slaves of the outer court – and not conscripts (the true Russian civil servants in the cities) no longer held water.
If I were on the Russian side, I would boldly declare that we’re going to retake it, then send in troops to stalemate the area without engaging in combat, and then send in commands inside Ukrainian territory along the route the Ukrainian army is expected to invade, sabotaging the supply routes and artillery, and blocking them with mines.
Ukraine is currently pretending to be winning according to Imperial Headquarters announcements, but the reality is that it is in shambles, just like Japan during the Pacific War.
Russia must be overwhelmed if they allow an invasion and then can’t take it back right away. Regardless of winning or losing, the invading country is at a disadvantage.
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