Some good news in Kursk direction: Ukraine is attacking across the border towards Glushkovo. Reports indicate 4km advance and on the road to Glushkovo. Ukraine means to push the Russian troops into crossing the river on foot, leaving all that equipment and territory behind. This Newsweek commenter sums it up: “Ukraine has a nice little pocket of about 1,500 orcs stuck between their Kursk salient, the Ukrainian border, and the Syim River. ”
Ukraine Captures Multiple Villages As Kursk Incursion Advances
Ukrainian forces have made gains in Russia's Kursk Oblast, capturing several villages as part of its ongoing cross-border offensive, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The report claims that Ukrainian troops advanced in the Glushkovo district on Saturday, near the villages of Tyotkino and Sudzha, citing reports from Ukrainian and Russian sources.
Footage released on September 13 and verified through geolocation confirms Ukrainian troops are now operating in Veseloye, southwest of Glushkovo.
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Ukrainian Pivnich (Northern) operational command spokesperson Vadym Mysnyk said on Saturday that Russia has increased its troop deployment in Kursk Oblast from 11,000 personnel before the incursion in August to an estimated 30,000 to 45,000 now.
Ukrainian forces advance in Kursk Oblast and capture several villages – ISW
Ukrainian forces pressed forward in Russia's Kursk Oblast on 14 September, making gains in the Glushkovo district. They advanced to fields south of Tyotkino and north of Sudzha, capturing several villages.
Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
Details: Footage released on 13 September, verified by geolocation, shows Ukrainian forces operating in Veseloye (southwest of Glushkovo). A Russian military blogger also claimed that Ukrainian forces had captured the village.
Russian sources also claimed that Ukrainian forces had advanced west of Medvezhye (southwest of Glushkovo) and in the fields south of Tyotkino (approximately 25 km southwest of Glushkovo) along the border with Sumy Oblast.
