In the zone where the battles with the Ukrainian army are taking place, there is a brigade from the Donetsk region, where Russian troops are conducting an attack.
The other units have been withdrawn from sectors of the front less important for Russia, the source said.
True, this reinforcement is not enough to stop the attack of the Ukrainians in the Kursk region and then make them retreat.
For this purpose, Russia would need at least 20,000 soldiers, the source said.
Ukraine has sent 6,000 soldiers to the Kursk region, the newspaper reports.
Another 4,000 soldiers of the Ukrainian army are supporting the operation, based in the Sumy region of Ukraine.
For the attack in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian army used the reserves it had built up in recent months, the newspaper says.
The US has not shared intelligence on targets in Russia with Ukraine because it does not want to be seen as complicit in the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region, the publication said.
The Ukrainian army entered the territory of the Kursk region on August 6. The battles continue. The Ukrainian side reports that dozens of settlements are under the control of the Ukrainian army.
2024-08-19 07:19:26