Ukrainians continue to advance in the Kursk region

Geolocation photos released on August 19 show that Ukrainian forces have advanced to Vyshnevets (southwest of Koronevo and 14 km from the international border).

The Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian aircraft and artillery hit Ukrainian forces operating near Vishnevka, clearly acknowledging that Ukrainian forces had entered the area.

A prominent Russian military blogger with ties to the Kremlin said that Ukrainian troops were also advancing inside Russian Porechye (northeast of Sudzha and 17 km from the international border), east of Agronom (some east of Sudzha and 15 km from the international border) and east of Spalnoye (southeast of Sudzha and 5 km from the international border).

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces repelled Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance efforts south of Skrylevka and Sheptukhov (both northeast of Korenevo and 22 km from the international border), while other Russian sources said that fighting continued near Korenevo, Olgovka (east of Korenevo), west of Sudzha and Martynovka (northeast of Sudzha). Russian bloggers also reported that clashes continued on the international border near Tetkino.

Bridges over the Sem

Russian bloggers reported that Ukrainian troops carried out an airstrike that destroyed the bridge over the Sem River in Karizh (southwest of Korenevo) – the third and last bridge over the Sem River in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region. However, ISW has yet to see evidence of the impact on the bridge near Karizh. In geolocation footage released on August 16 and 18, Ukrainian strikes destroyed the Seim River bridge in Glushkovo and damaged the Seim River bridge in Zvannoye (southwest of Korenevo).

Let’s remember that according to President Vladimir Zelensky, Ukrainian troops already control more than 1,250 square kilometers of the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and 92 settlements.

As reported, probably the Armed Forces of Ukraine he got destroyed the third and last bridge over the Seym River in the Russian sector, which could greatly complicate enemy logistics.

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