This Sunday, January 5, the Ukrainian army launched a counter-offensive in the Kursk region, Russia. A territory where it has been present since August 6, 2024 after its incursion. Since then, the first reports concerning this operation have started to surface.
Russian informants had warned that the Ukrainians could attack before January 7, 2025. It was finally this Sunday, January 5 that the Ukrainian army launched its counter-offensive In Kursk region, Russiawhere it has been present since August 6, 2024, and for attempt to regain territories it had lost.
Since the announcement of this counter-offensive, the Ukrainian press was able to learn about the first results of this operation through reports.
According to the Kyiv Independent, two Ukrainian offensives have already been repelled in the region by Moscow. A pro-war Russian blogger, Roman Alyokhin, cited by our colleagues, specifies that an attack took place in the northeast of the town of Soudja with the presence of armored vehicles and mine clearance equipment and that the Ukrainian army had intensified “ses actions” in other areas.
For its part, RBC Ukraine speaks attacks “on several fronts” and also mentions the town of Soudja, as well as several villages in the surrounding area.
Among them, that of Bolshoye Soldatskoye where Russian channels, taken up by our colleagues, indicate that “the Ukrainians assembled six brigades for the attack and advance with armored units” towards this sector as well as towards Berdin (Kursk region).
A “thwarted” attack
Regarding Sudja, the Russian Defense Ministry indicated that the attack had been thwarted by the Russian army, reports the Russian media Novaya Gazeta.
