the Russian army claims to have repelled a new offensive by kyiv in the Kursk region

If the Ukrainian army remains silent for the moment, a senior official assures that the Russians were “attacked from several sides, which surprised them”.

Ukrainian troops appear to be holding their ground in Kursk. Moscow claimed on Sunday January 5 that kyiv had launched “a counterattack” in this Russian region, located on the border between the two countries. “Around 9 o’clock [7 heures, heure de Paris]the enemy launched a counterattack with an assault group consisting of two tanks, a demolition vehicle and twelve armored combat vehicles accompanied by a landing force in the direction of the Berdine farm.écrit the Russian defense ministry in a press release broadcast on Telegram.

But the counterattack was repelled, he says. “The assault group of the Ukrainian army was defeated by artillery and aviation” et “the operation to destroy units of the Ukrainian forces continues.”

The head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andrey Iermak, broadcast a fairly clear message on Telegram: “Kursk region, good news. Russia gets what it deserves.” Andrey Kovalenko, an official of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, for his part assured, still on Telegram, that the Russians had “were attacked from several sides, which surprised them.”

According to Russian military bloggers, well informed of the progress of the hostilities, Ukrainian forces are particularly trying to take control of Berdine, a small town located about 20 kilometers from the border. “Enemy electronic warfare equipment is increasingly active on site, hampering the use of drones”the “Rybar” channel, close to the Russian army and followed by more than 1.3 million subscribers, said on Telegram.

The Ukrainian army has so far remained silent on this new operation. This new Ukrainian assault in the Kursk region comes in any case two weeks before the return to the White House of Donald Trump, who called for a ceasefire “immediate” and promised to obtain a peace agreement to stop “the carnage”, without, however, ever detailing his plan.