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The AFU have probably entered the second village in the area of the third border breach in the Kursk regionRussian z-channels report a worsening situation for the Russian military in the area of the village of Vesyoloye in the Glushkovsky district. According to some reports, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already entered the village and continue to increase the onslaught. NASA satellites have recorded fires in the village. Vesyoloye is 7 km from the regional center of Glushkovo.
Details. The first reports of a breakthrough by the AFU in the Vesyoloye area appeared on Thursday. On Friday, the Rybar Telegram channel associated with the "Ministry of Defense"
reported the capture of the village of Novy Put (3 km south of Vesyoloye), located on the border. On Saturday, the Ukrainian offensive in this area was
confirmed by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Military analyst Yan Mateyev published two videos confirming the breakthrough. “There is no serious resistance in sight, the road through the pyramids is well-trodden,” he
wrote.
▪️By Saturday evening, fighting is already underway in Veseloye itself,
writes the pro-war Telegram channel Dva mayora [Two Majors]. According to the channel, the AFU are trying to gain a foothold in this settlement. “Our contacts assess the situation as grave,” the channel notes.
▪️Z-blogger Yuriy Podolyaka
wrote that Vesyoloye was already under the AFU control at 10 am. The MIG Rossii [MIG of Russia] Telegram channel also
writes about the grave situation in the area of the village. However, according to its data, as of 12 o'clock the village was still under Russian control.
▪️NASA satellites indicate that there are fires in Vesyoloye and Novy Put. The satellites flew over the settlements at 11 am and 1 pm.
▪️The Russian Ministry of Defense
reported on Saturday that five breakthrough attempts in this area had been repelled. In a report the day before, the department
reported that three such attempts had been repelled.
▪️The Telegram channel of the Khorne Group unit of the Ukrainian 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade, where the videos of the breakthrough were published,
reports that “a group of Russian conscripts numbering more than one thousand people [found themselves] under threat of encirclement.”
▪️"The surprise Ukrainian operation was essentially a repeat of the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region on August 6 on a smaller scale,"
writes Forbes. This breakthrough occurred in the area of Sudzha.
▪️In mid-August, the AFU also
broke through the border in the west of the region, near the settlement of Tyotkino and the Seym River. Now, according to the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState, they control 11 square kilometers of territory in this area.
Context. Last week, Russia launched its first counterattack in the Kursk region near Snyagost, but ISW analysts note that they have not observed a large-scale coordinated operation aimed at the complete liberation of the region.
▪️The intensity of fighting in the Kursk region is now comparable to the activity on the first day of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive on August 6,
writes the the ZAPISKI VETERANA [Veteran's Notes] TG channel. The most serious combat activities, as the channel reports, are taking place near Glushkovo and Korenevo.
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