Ukrainian elite forces invade Kursk, sparking major conflict

For four days, an attack has been ongoing in the Kursk region of Russia. Kyiv has not officially confirmed its involvement, but no one doubts that its forces have entered Russia. Journalists from the American biweekly "Forbes" estimated that about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers are participating in the operation. These soldiers are from the most elite units, prepared for challenging and swift attacks.

Journalists from "Forbes" analyzed recordings that appeared online after the attack on the Kursk region. In one of them, published on Wednesday, a T-64BV or T-80BV tank, UR-77 mine-clearing vehicles, an IMR-2 engineering vehicle, and BTR-80, as well as American wheeled armoured personnel carriers, Stryker, can be seen.

"Only the 80th Air Assault Brigade operates this mix of former Soviet and American vehicles," states "Forbes."

In another recording, filmed in the Kursk region by a Russian drone, a strike on a German tracked combat vehicle Marder can be seen.

According to the journalists from "Forbes," not only the elite 80th Air Assault Brigade is participating in the attack on the Kursk region, but also the 22nd and 88th Mechanized Brigades. Each of them numbers around 2,000 soldiers.

"Hour by hour, it is becoming increasingly clear that what is happening in the Kursk region is not a raid: it is truly an invasion. The fact that Ukrainians are allocating significant resources to this invasion does not, of course, guarantee its success. There may be 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the invasion zone. The Russian Northern Force Group, which fights along the border area, has about 48,000 soldiers. However, the Northern Army Group is stuck in Vovchansk, a Ukrainian border town, 145 kilometres southeast of Sudzha, a Russian border town that was the site of the Ukrainian invasion," reads the magazine's website.

Source: forbes.com