Ukrainian Armed Forces Carry Out Reinforced Mechanized Assault West Of Salient In Kursk Region

The Kremlin is forced to bluff.

Ukrainian forces recently launched a likely reinforced platoon-sized mechanized assault on Russian positions in Glushkovsky Raion west of the main Ukrainian salient in the Kursk region. Russian troops also attempted to recapture some positions, but overall the front line in this territory has not changed in 24 hours.

This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

They pointed to the inevitable decision of Russian dictator Putin to deploy DPRK troops in the Kursk region, and also told how the Russian Armed Forces command ordered its soldiers to deal with Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Military actions in the Kursk region

According to the analysts, geolocated footage published on October 26 show that Ukrainian forces conducted a likely reinforced platoon-sized mechanized assault east of Novy Put (southwest of Glushkovo), and the footage indicates that Russian forces likely regained positions east of Novy Put at an earlier date and that Ukrainian forces likely maintain positions southeast of Novy Put along the Russian-Ukrainian international border. Elements of the Russian 106th VDV Division are reportedly operating near Novy Put.

Also, Ukrainian and Russian forces continued to fight in Ukraine’s main salient in the Kursk region on October 26, but the frontline did not change. Russian sources, including the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), claimed that fighting continued southeast of Korenevo near Novoivanovka, Lyubimovka, and Zeleny Shlyakh; north of Sudzha near Kamyshovka; northwest of Sudzha near Pogrebki and Malaya Loknya; and south of Sudzha near Plekhovo on October 25 and 26. Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces continued to operate in Darino (southeast of Korenevo). Elements of the 137th VDV Regiment (106th VDV Division) continued to operate near Lyubimovka and Zeleny Shlyakh.

Putin intends to send DPRK troops to Kursk region

The ISW claims that Putin continued to double down on his likely exaggerated claims about Russian progress in the Kursk region amid continued Ukrainian offensive operations and in the context of the likely imminent deployment of North Korean troops to combat in this area.

Putin told Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin on October 25 that two weeks ago (likely the week of October 6 through 13) elements of the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (Pacific Fleet, Eastern Military District [EMD]) broke through Ukrainian defenses around 10 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian international border and advanced to unspecified positions near the border. Putin claimed that elements of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet [BSF], Southern Military District [SMD]), 51st and 137th airborne (VDV) regiments (both part of the 106th VDV Division), 56th VDV Regiment (7th VDV Division), and 83rd Separate VDV Brigade participated in these operations.

“Putin once again claimed that Russian forces have encircled 2,000 Ukrainian forces in an area of about six kilometers by 15 kilometers. Putin also claimed that Russian forces guarantee the safety of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW),” the analysts added.

However, a spokesperson of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Kursk direction reported that Russian commanders issued an order to not take Ukrainian POWs, and presumably instead to kill any Ukrainian servicemembers who surrender or are captured by Russian forces. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi notably refuted Putin‘s earlier claims of Russian forces encircling Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region on October 25.

The military experts emphasized that Putin’s interview with Zarubin was broadcasted on Russian state television and is likely part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to explain away Russia’s inability to decisively repel the Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region after nearly three months.

“It was broadcasted ahead of the reported imminent arrival of North Korean troops to the Kursk region. Putin may also be setting informational conditions to give Russian forces credit for any progress North Korean troops make in regaining control of Russian territory in Kursk,” the ISW presumed.

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