❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kursk Direction: Expansion of AFU Control Zone East and North of Sumy
What is known as of 5:00 PM on August 8, 2024

Despite attempts by the Russian joint grouping of forces (troops) to stop the advance of Ukrainian mobile groups, the scale of the crisis is widening: unfortunately, the tactics of Ukrainian formations, focusing on high-speed dashes, bypassing fortified areas and maximizing the zone of breakthrough without consolidation in the first stage, in their simplicity surpass the current capabilities of the Russian army to counterattack.

🔻In the Sudzha district, the zone of conditional control of Ukrainian formations has expanded to 30 km along the Diakonovo - Sudzha road.

▪️Pockets of resistance of the Russian army are being cut off and bypassed along the lateral roads. After the occupation of Kazachya Loknya in the north, as well as Mirnoye and Bondarevka in the south, Ukrainian formations entered Martynivka and engaged the troops stationed there in combat. After that, the settlement of Kruglyk was taken.

At the same time, a mobile AFU group moved along the highway further, reaching Bolshoye Soldatskoye and engaging in combat in the settlement. There are reports that clashes with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups are also taking place further along the highway.

▪️Fierce battles are raging in the surrounding settlements 15 km south of Lgov.

▪️In the context of active use of enemy electronic warfare in certain areas, the "fog of war" still prevails, so it would be premature to speak of the complete destruction of the strongholds that the enemy has passed or bypassed.

🔻In the Korenevo district, the AFU do not abandon attempts to capture the administrative center.

Simultaneous battles were fought at the entrance to Korenevo, and attempts were made to capture Olgovka and Kremyanoye. For part of the Ukrainian troops advancing in this area, it is necessary both to pin down the forces of the Russian Armed Forces in combat and to break through to the Rylsk - Lgov highway in order to expand the scale of the operational crisis of the Russian Armed Forces and stretch the forces of the Russian troops.

📌At the same time, Ukrainian formations have already begun digging in on the reached lines, introducing a second echelon. The capture of Sudzha has become an inspiring factor for the AFU, with which they are now trying to make up for their losses and demonstrate that the game is worth the candle.

The biggest problem in organizing the defense in the Kursk tactical direction remains the fragmentation of units and the lack of the proper number of forces, which are now allegedly being withdrawn from other directions. At the same time, Russian information resources, which are racing to write the names of brigades and divisions that are about to arrive (but never do), are adding chaos to the information space.

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Kiev's goal in the #Kursk region may be to disrupt all Russian gas supplies to Europe, according to The Washington Post.

"Some analysts have speculated that Kiev's goal might be to halt all Russian gas deliveries to #Europe as a means of leverage. Despite this, gas was still flowing on Thursday through Sudzha, the last operational transit point for a pipeline carrying Russian natural #gas to Europe via #Ukraine. While Ukraine benefits from lucrative transit fees, it has also expressed a desire to cut off Russia's remaining energy business in Europe," the publication writes.

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In an attempt to address the lack of coordination among the disparate elements sent to Kursk to oppose the enemy offensive, the Russian army's economist-minister created a coordination center that was supposed to have a link with all the units present, to enable them to interact in a coherent manner.

The problem is that even today, Russian units do not communicate with each other, risk shooting at each other and there are many examples where one unit goes on the attack, the surrounding units remain passive because they are not informed that they should prepare to provide support.

The problem is not new, however, and was already noted in 2022 when the Russian "Gendarmerie" (Guard) failed to be properly integrated into the military operation. In the summer-autumn of 2022, the Kursk repeat occurred when the Russian army deserted Balakleya, the gendarmerie being left alone, without orders. When the enemy decided to seize the opportunity offered by the Russian army, it encountered only a few "gendarmes" in the main cities, who had difficulty making an appearance.

No lessons have been learned for two years, in Kursk again, on August 16, amateurism continues, relations between units are not made from the top of the pyramidal hierarchy, but from the bottom, the soldiers or at best the junior officers, sometimes have the opportunity to discuss with their neighbors and to manage to arrange certain local interactions.

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#Darktrace – the cybersecurity company founded by #MikeLynch, the owner of the yacht that sank at dawn on August 19 off the coast of #Porticello, #Sicily – has long been engaged in the #cyber dimension of the war in #Ukraine.

In particular, we are talking about the #PreventOt project launched in 2015.
See also https://t.me/LauraRuHK/9064
It is perhaps no coincidence that only in the week following the outbreak of the conflict, between 24 February and 3 March 2022, the value of the company's shares, which at the time was still headed by Lynch, grew by 40 percent.

🔺Darktrace may have provided other types of assistance to help Kiev attack the #Kursk region. Russian security services immediately pointed the finger at #London.

@LauraRuHK https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/shipwreck-of-porticello-darktrace-and-has-long-been-involved-in-the-cyber-war-in-ukraine/

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