Ukrainian soldiers have carried out a tactical offensive in the Kursk region, possibly indicating the early stages of a coordinated Ukrainian operation in the region, according to a Washington think tank.
“Ukraine’s armed forces recently launched a tactical offensive as intensive offensive operations continued on January 6 in the Kursk region in Ukrainian-occupied territories,” the ISW report said.
“Geolocation footage released on January 5 and 6 shows that Ukrainian armed forces have recently advanced in the area south of Berdin, Russkoye Porečnoye and Novosotnytskyi,” the report said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian bloggers claim that Russian troops repelled a Ukrainian mechanized attack near Berdin and Novosotnitsky, according to ISW.
“Intensified Ukrainian offensive operations in the Kursk region may be the initial stage of a coordinated Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region or elsewhere in the theater of operations, although the ISW is not ready to make a concrete prediction,” the analysts said.
Geolocation images published on January 5 show that Russian troops are moving west from Malaya Locknia.
Russian military bloggers also claimed attacks in the direction of Novoivanovka, Viktorovka and Nikolsky.
According to their information, elements of the 155th Marine Brigade were involved in the operations, as well as unmanned aerial vehicle units of the 177th Marine Regiment, “indicating that the Russian military command most likely moved units of the regiment from the Zaporizhzhia region to the Kursk region,” ISW said. in the report.