Posted on 03/07/2025 7:13:44 AM PST by janetjanet998
Russian forces have made a breakthrough south of the Ukrainian-held town of Sudzha, potentially threatening to cut off some of the Ukrainian positions in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Agentstvo and Ukrainska Pravda reported on March 7.
An undisclosed military source deployed in Kursk Oblast told the Ukrainska Pravda outlet that Russian forces have broken through Ukrainian defenses south of Sudzha and that the defenders are trying to stabilize the situation.
Ukrainian forces are trying to contain the Russian advance to prevent a partial or complete encirclement, the source claimed.
Summary
Russian army has broken through the Kursk front and is threatening the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a cauldron
▪️Kursk direction. The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is rapidly deteriorating: Russian Armed Forces are launching a counterattack at the border, threatening to encircle the Sudzhan group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, closing the neck of the cauldron.
▪️Russian troops have broken through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Guyevo area, and in a few days have advanced more than 5 kilometers.
▪️”The logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region are practically completely broken and are constantly controlled by the Russians,” Ukrainian analysts complain.
▪️”Russian troops previously completely cleared the territory of the Sverdlikovo area and are actively putting pressure on the Sumy region in the Basovka area, gradually expanding the gray zone.”
https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/1898011983900819477
The situation in Kursk reached a decision point over the last 24 hours. Ukrainian forces around Sudzha have two roads connecting them to home. The main supply route (1) has been under Russian fire for a while now, and they’ve been leaning on the secondary route (2).
A Russian attack out of Kurilovka managed to break through to this secondary road. There are reports that Russian troops reached the Ukrainian border, which would mean the road is physically blocked and not just under fire control. The advance has been confirmed by Ukrainian mappers like DeepState.
The AFU either needs to sort itself out to immediately withdraw from Kursk or else counterattack and attempt to unblock the road. They’re withdrawing from Malaya Loknya on the northern tip of the salient, but whether this portends a general abandonment of Kursk remains to be seen.
Given the dense Russian fires on the roads out over the past few weeks, Ukrainian withdrawal would likely entail abandoning or losing lots of equipment. Very difficult to imagine them squeezing out of the bottleneck in good order.
https://x.com/witte_sergei/status/1898015556525273568
The longer St Z delays negotiations, the more territory Vlad gobbles up…quite possibly up to the Dniepner….and “ the last Ukrainian “.
With the EU still planning for war with Russia, they themselves will fracture and fall apart. A very, very good lesson for the war cheerleaders.
The longer St Z delays negotiations, the more territory Vlad gobbles up
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Kursk was supposed to be Z’s bargaining chip to swap land
Many Ukrainian military bloggers are livid that he insisted to hang onto it this long because of heavy loses
Volod’s folly. At least that is what it looks like from this side of the nice ocean.
Trump is right....just stop.
And "Z"...in case you haven't heard..."To the Victor Goes the Spoils"...and that's since the beginning of time. Kingdoms have been lost...
I am impressed it lasted this long.
Korea was a “split decision”...which is the best that can be done for Ukraine.
I am impressed it lasted this long.
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Some speculate that Russia let Ukraine stay because Russian drones were shooting fish in barrel as Ukraine tried to reinforce
Now that there are talks of negotiations Russia is going in for the kill
That’s one theory anyway
Ukraine’s move into Kursk made zero sense. Massive expenditure of men and resources, to hold a tiny piece of Russia, for what purpose? As a “bargaining chip” its absolutely useless.
Were they thinking they were Robert E. Lee invading the North?
Something like...After the war, we can join NATO...and start a skirmish...and when Russia shows up...all the NATO countries will attack and we'll get it back". Actually, I think he said it twice...but in a little different way....and more recently.
As Russia takes advantage of the US supply cutoff, intelligence cut off and funding, the dancing idiot clowns will be screaming once again that its trumps fault for not continuing the tax payer funded fraud
I love how the press treats 150 mi.² of land as a huge invasion of Russia. The city of Phoenix is bigger than that. You could literally walk across the entirety of the captured Kursk area in about eight hours.
Ukraine should have darted back to their border after the Kursk offensive. They didn’t learn anything from The Bulge in ‘44.
The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims [ of a breakthrough ]. The spokesperson of the Ukrainian group of forces in Kursk Oblast declined to comment.
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Ukraine is considering a withdrawal from Russia’s Kursk region — Politico
“Ukrainian troops are under fierce attack from a Russian counteroffensive that’s building up steam, and commanders will soon have to make a tough choice whether to continue the struggle or withdraw.”
https://x.com/KyivPost/status/1898039632756928541
From the MSM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bulk-ukrainian-forces-fighting-inside-140814982.html
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