{"id":129809,"date":"2024-11-25T06:34:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T23:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129809"},"modified":"2024-11-25T06:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T23:34:54","slug":"50000-russians-are-poised-to-attack-20000-ukrainians-in-kursk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129809","title":{"rendered":"50,000 Russians Are Poised To Attack 20,000 Ukrainians In Kursk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-4\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\"><small>17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade photo<\/small><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Aug.6, a powerful Ukrainian force invaded Kursk Oblast in western Russia and captured what is now a 250-square-mile salient anchored by the town of Sudzha. On Nov. 7, an equally powerful Russian force counterattacked\u2014aiming to drive toward Sudzha along the main road threading from Zelenyi Shylakh on the western edge of the salient.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"top\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-top\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In more than two weeks of hard fighting, the Russians have made barely any progress. The Zelenyi Shylakh-Sudzha road is littered with the evidence of their failure: dozens of destroyed and abandoned armored vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>But the Russians aren\u2019t about to quit, and their biggest push may be imminent. The Kremlin has bolstered its roughly 50,000-strong corps in Kursk with thousands of North Korean troops along with elements of two Russian airborne divisions, the 76th and 106th, plus the 83rd Air Assault Brigade and the rebuilt 155th Naval Infantry Brigade. These units and others are poised just northwest of the road through Zelenyi Shylakh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the nearest future we expect a massive and, in my humble opinion, successful Russian advance at my flank in Kursk region,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OSINTua\/status\/1860742055300903054\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OSINTua\/status\/1860742055300903054\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/x.com\/OSINTua\/status\/1860742055300903054\" aria-label=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> Kreigsforscher, a Ukrainian marine corps drone operator who has been supporting the Ukrainian corps in Kursk.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir has given his general until early February to eject the Ukrainians from western Russia. But the real deadline, it seems, is the Jan. 20 inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to end Russia\u2019s wider war on Ukraine but whose offhand proposals hinge on an unenforceable ceasefire that would freeze the front line in place.<\/p>\n<p>Putin should be happy with any ceasefire that hands him control of 11 percent of Ukraine. But Putin would be <em>unhappy<\/em> to trade away that sliver of Kursk, however tiny. The clock is ticking. \u201cTwo Russian VDV divisions, one VDV brigade and one marine brigade will launch an assault with a lot of maneuvers,\u201d Kriegsforscher warned, using the Russian acronym for \u201cairborne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"topx\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-topx-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 20,000-strong Ukrainian force in Kursk\u2014drawn from the 41st and 47th Mechanized Brigades, the 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades and the 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, among other units\u2014is bracing for the renewed Russia attack. The 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, <a href=\"https:\/\/daxe.substack.com\/p\/the-ukrainian-army-has-formed-a-new\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/daxe.substack.com\/p\/the-ukrainian-army-has-formed-a-new\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/daxe.substack.com\/p\/the-ukrainian-army-has-formed-a-new\" aria-label=\"a reorganized former tank brigade\">a reorganized former tank brigade<\/a>, has been holding the line just north of the road to Sudzha.<\/p>\n<p>The brigade\u2019s recent actions underscore the sheer violence of the escalating battle. It\u2019s extremely dangerous to move along the front line without armor protection. So the 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade has deployed some of its 60 T-64BV tanks as improvised supply vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>In one chaotic mission on or before Nov. 16, one of the 42-ton, three-person T-64s hauled a load of food to an entrenched infantry unit\u2014and then immediately opened fire on nearby Russians with its 125-millimeter main gun. As the tank was withdrawing back to its forest base, a Russian drone struck, damaging but not stopping the tank. \u201cThe combat assignment was completed,\u201d the 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=430734863404398\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=430734863404398\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=430734863404398\" aria-label=\"reported\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The danger to Ukrainian troops will only increase as the Russian counterattack intensifies. If there\u2019s any reason for optimism among the outnumbered Ukrainians, it\u2019s that Russian forces in and around Kursk are subject to a relentless campaign of precision deep strikes by Ukrainian air force bombers and Ukrainian army rocket batteries, respectively firing British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and American-made Army Tactical Missile System ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Ukrainians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/19\/missiles-will-speak-for-themselves-zelensky-said-hours-later-us-made-rockets-with-6000-submunitions-streaked-toward-russia\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/19\/missiles-will-speak-for-themselves-zelensky-said-hours-later-us-made-rockets-with-6000-submunitions-streaked-toward-russia\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/19\/missiles-will-speak-for-themselves-zelensky-said-hours-later-us-made-rockets-with-6000-submunitions-streaked-toward-russia\/\" aria-label=\"struck a sprawling Russian arms depot\" rel=\"noopener\">struck a sprawling Russian arms depot<\/a> west of Kursk with eight ATACMs. On Wednesday, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/20\/ukrainian-bombers-fire-10-bunker-busting-storm-shadow-cruise-missiles-at-russian-commanders\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/20\/ukrainian-bombers-fire-10-bunker-busting-storm-shadow-cruise-missiles-at-russian-commanders\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/20\/ukrainian-bombers-fire-10-bunker-busting-storm-shadow-cruise-missiles-at-russian-commanders\/\" aria-label=\"hit a Russian command post\" rel=\"noopener\">hit a Russian command post<\/a> in Kursk with 10 Storm Shadows. The deep strikes could fray the supply lines to the regiments, brigades and divisions in Kursk\u2014and disrupt their command and control.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"topx\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-topx-2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But even when it\u2019s undersupplied and poorly-led, the Russian force in Kursk is still much bigger than the Ukrainian force. Mass will count for a lot in the coming mechanized clash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Follow me on\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/daxe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Check out\u00a0<\/span>my\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/?sh=4e4aed31cc0c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0some of my other work\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Boring-Bored-Scared-Worlds\/dp\/0451230116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<span>Send me a secure\u00a0<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tip<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidaxe\/2024\/11\/24\/50000-russians-are-poised-to-attack-20000-ukrainians-in-kursk-ukrainian-brigades-are-bracing-for-a-massive-fight\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade photo On Aug.6, a powerful Ukrainian force invaded Kursk Oblast in western Russia and captured what is now a 250-square-mile salient anchored by the town of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129809\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}