Russia slow to redeploy troops from eastern Ukraine after Kyiv’s forces smashed through border
Russia ns who fled recent Ukrainian military incursions into a border region wait for distribution of aid in Kursk, Russia , Aug. 13, 2024. Ukraine’s cross-border assault into Russia caught the country by surprise and signified a shift in tactics for Kyiv after more than two years of war with Russia . It has instead cobbled together units from around the country and from less active parts of the Ukrainian front, while deploying young conscripts performing their obligatory military service.
Christopher Cavoli, Nato’s supreme allied commander for Europe, this week described Russia’s military response to the Kursk invasion as “slow and scattered”, attributing it in part to a complex command structure in the region, with the FSB security service notionally in charge. On Thursday it claimed to have fully captured Sudzha, a town in the Kursk region close to the border with a population of 5,000 and containing infrastructure pumping Russian gas to Europe. Ukraine’s military command says it controls roughly 1,000km² of Russian territory, although analysts think the area may be somewhat smaller.
The different contingents that Russia had assembled in Kursk had no experience of fighting together and had no time to learn, Fedorov added. Even after last week’s reinforcements, Russian forces in the region remained significantly smaller than those of Ukraine, although Russia did have air support, he said. The Russian air force has stepped up its use of powerful glide bombs to try to thwart Ukraine’s advance.
“Conscripts are being forced to sign contracts, and their documents are being falsified to make it appear as though they have been serving for a long time,” said Chuvilayev from Go by the Forest. “I feel sorry for the boys – no doubt. But we used to fight with them before,” Gurulev said. “There were no contract soldiers in Afghanistan. Were there any contract soldiers in the Red Army?”“You promised that they wouldn’t be involved in military actions!!!! We believe in you. We are patriots!!!” Oksana wrote. “Elite, heavily armed brigades against our children with rifles. Every day, more parents find their children in videos and photos among the captured,” another mother, Irina, posted.
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