Ukrainian soldiers have released footage capturing one of the stages of their advance in the Kursk region, which began on August 6.
The video, shared by the Telegram community Ukrainian Militant, shows mechanized units crossing the border into Russia and progressing into enemy territory using tanks and armored personnel carriers equipped with anti-drone nets.
Official Ukrainian representatives have not commented on the footage. Meanwhile, panic and reports of significant advances by Ukrainian forces have spread on Russian social media, with claims that Ukrainian troops managed to penetrate 15 kilometers into Russian territory and capture 11 settlements in a single day.
Russian sources report a “difficult situation” in the Sudzha district of the Kursk region. So-called “war correspondents” have noted that the exact control line along the Rylsk-Sudzha highway remains unclear.
Ukrainian tanks & other armored vehicles inside Russia’s Kursk region. pic.twitter.com/m7VUj9D99Z
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According to Russian accounts, Ukrainian forces have allegedly expanded their control along the 38K-004 highway, advancing towards the western outskirts of Sudzha-Honcharivka, with ongoing fighting reported in the area.
Tensions also persist in the hamlet of Oleshnya, where Russian troops are reportedly “practically encircled” and engaged in combat.
Social media videos have also emerged, showing numerous Russian prisoners captured by Ukrainian forces during the offensive.
Russian “war correspondents” claim that Ukrainian command continues to deploy reinforcements. They report “large concentrations of Ukrainian formations” in Yunakivka, from where they are purportedly moving towards Sverdlykove or in the direction of Honcharivka via Basivka.
The pro-war propaganda channel “Dva Mayora” reports that Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 15 kilometers, with a front width of 10-11 kilometers. As of the evening of August 6, this channel claims that Ukrainian forces were present in 10 settlements in the Kursk region: Lyubymivka, Obukhivka, Pokrovske, Zelenyi Shliakh, Tovstyi Luzh, Nyzhnyi Klyn, Nikolaevo-Dar’ino, Dar’ino, Sverdlykove, and Lebedivka.
There have been no official comments from the Ukrainian side regarding these developments.