Ukraine launched a powerful assault, hitting Russia’s lifeline in Kursk.

The Ukrainian Air Drive continues to destroy one other strategic bridge over the Seym River in Russia’s Kursk area, limiting Moscow’s provide capabilities.

“Within the Kursk route. One other bridge destroyed! The Ukrainian Air Drive continues to deprive the enemy of the flexibility to assist them with precision airstrikes, considerably affecting the course of the preventing,” Ukrainian Air Drive Commander Mykola Oleshchuk introduced on Telegram on August 18.

Mr Oleshchuk additionally posted a video exhibiting a big cloud rising from an explosion on a strategic bridge over the Seym River in Russia’s Kursk area and one of many destroyed sections of the bridge.

Two days earlier, Ukrainian forces had destroyed one other bridge over the Seym River. The Russian International Ministry mentioned Ukraine had used Western missiles to hold out the assault, doubtless US-made HIMARS missiles.

The destruction of the Kursk bridges is a part of an effort to cripple Russia’s logistical capabilities within the area. In response to Russian navy bloggers, after storming Kursk, Ukrainian forces sought to destroy roads and bridges within the space so as to disrupt Moscow’s very important provide line.

Roman Alyokhin, an adviser to the performing governor of Kursk province and a navy blogger, additionally mentioned Ukrainian forces had been concentrating on the bridge in Zvannoe, about 7km from Glushkovo, in an try to develop management over Kursk province.

“Our operations within the Kursk area are inflicting injury to the Russian military and the Russian state, in addition to its protection trade and economic system,” President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on the night of August 18.

In response to Mr. Zelensky, the presence of Ukrainian forces in Kursk is “getting stronger” and “now we’re strengthening our positions”.

Mr. Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian forces concerned within the operation in Kursk and on the jap entrance, and known as on the allies to hurry up the supply of promised navy help.

“Relating to the supply (of help) from our companions, it’s obligatory to hurry up, we’ve got known as for it rather a lot. Warfare has no holidays,” Zelensky harassed.

The Ukrainian monitoring group DeepState mentioned on August 18 that Kiev was making additional advances within the Kursk area and shared photographs of what it mentioned had been Ukrainian protection drive tanks within the village of Olgovka, about 20km north of the city of Sudzha in Kursk.

Ukrainian forces declared management of Sudzha after launching a cross-border raid into Russian territory earlier this month, and arrange a Ukrainian navy command workplace within the space.

The Ukrainian military introduced that it had taken management of greater than 80 settlements on 1,000 sq. kilometers of Russian territory. Kiev forces additionally introduced the seize of numerous Russian prisoners of conflict.

Russia has urged individuals to evacuate areas the place preventing is going down. The pinnacle of the Korenevsky district of the Kursk area, Marina Degtyareva, urged individuals to not return after leaving the world.

“The preventing scenario on our territory stays difficult. Some residents nonetheless attempt to return house, thereby hindering the work of the navy. Up to now, returning to this space has been prevented by native residents and typically results in horrible tragedies,” Ms. Degtyareva harassed.