{"id":34389,"date":"2024-08-20T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=34389"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T16:08:28","slug":"ukraines-incursion-into-kursk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=34389","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Incursion into Kursk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On August 6th, 2024, Ukraine made a well-planned incursion into Kursk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kursk Oblast<\/strong> (or state) is an 11,582 sq. mile area that borders eastern Ukraine. It has a population of just over a million, and has been populated since the last ice age.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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On 6 August 2024, Ukraine launched an incursion during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and occupied parts of Kursk Oblast, Russia. Ukrainian forces captured several settlements, including the town of Sudzha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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History<\/strong>
On 15 August 2024, Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi announced the establishment of a military administration in occupied parts of Kursk Oblast to be headed by major general Eduard Moskaliov<\/strong> who would hold the title of military commandant. He also stated that 82 settlements in the oblast were now under Ukrainian control. Ukraine said it was “not interested” in permanently taking Russian land.[4] On 19 August, President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were now in control over 92 settlements in Kursk Oblast and 1,250 square kilometers of Russian territory.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Eduard Mykhailovych Moskaliov<\/strong> (Ukrainian: \u0415\u0434\u0443\u0430\u0440\u0434 \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0439\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043e\u0432; born 22 December 1973) is a major general of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. In August 2024 Moskaliov was appointed military commandant of the territory in Kursk Oblast occupied by Ukraine during the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion.
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The Bridges<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ukraine has destroyed a third bridge over the Seym River in the Kursk region, as part of an apparent attempt to expand what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has described as a military \u201cbuffer zone\u201d inside Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to Russian officials, the bridge in the village of Karyzh was damaged overnight by targeted Ukrainian \u201cshelling\u201d. It was the last major crossing on this part of the front, following the destruction on Friday and Saturday of two bridges further east over the same river.<\/p>\nThe Guardian<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ukraine Strikes Bridges in Russia, Aiming to Entrap Troops<\/strong>
The attacks aim to destroy or damage crossings over a river in the Kursk region that are Russian forces\u2019 only routes for resupply or retreat, military analysts say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian troops defending a pocket of territory wedged between a river and the border with Ukraine were at risk of becoming encircled, military analysts said Monday, after Ukraine bombed bridges that are the only routes for resupply or retreat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In their counterattack into Russia, which has been underway now for nearly two weeks, Ukrainian troops quickly broke through thinly manned border defenses, fanned out on highways and captured towns and villages, initially pushing deeper into Russian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinus one more bridge!\u201d<\/strong> the Ukrainian Air Force commander, Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk, wrote in a post on Telegram on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ukrainian forces on Friday destroyed a key bridge in Russia\u2019s southwestern Kursk region, disrupting a link between Russian-controlled areas and those where Kyiv has made incremental advances, according to pro-Kremlin media and military bloggers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThe Moscow Times<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Russia Has the Second Best Army in…. Russia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Yesterday, a \u00a330million Russian Sukhoi Su-34 bomber jet was shot down and air fields were left ‘devastated’ by Ukraine’s biggest series of drone attacks since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Col Nadiradze told the Daily Mail how sophisticated radar-jamming systems helped ‘dupe and nullify’ poorly-organised Russain forces in Kursk, allowing Ukraine to seize swathes of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘We’ve got more than 2,000 Russian prisoners so far and they aren’t just conscripts, these are competent fighters, including FSB forces,’ he said last night.<\/p>\nThe Daily Mail<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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Bad News for our WLBOTT Bachelors and Bachelorettes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Russian law enforcement authorities are urging residents in regions bordering northeastern Ukraine to avoid using dating websites <\/strong>amid Kyiv\u2019s ongoing incursion, state media reported Tuesday, citing an Interior Ministry spokesperson.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe use of online dating services is strongly discouraged. The enemy is actively using them to gather information,\u201d the spokesperson was quoted as saying by Interfax.<\/p>\nThe Moscow Times<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
What Are We Missing Out On, Guys?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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My Russian comrades – don’t fall for the propaganda! Reject the Glamour of Evil!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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And Here’s Lookin’ At You, North Korea    \uc544\ub2c8, \ub3d9\uc9c0. \uc544\ub2c8\uc694!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The WLBOTT Liberators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
WLBOTT <\/strong>will accompany the Ukrainian liberation forces as they occupy Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Russia’s New Constitution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
WLBOTT <\/strong>has been tasked with creating Russia’s new post-Putin constitution[1]<\/sup>. Key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Equal rights for all\n
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    • Protection from discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the person’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Freedom of speech and thought<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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      • Carbon Neutrality by 2050. If incremental goals are not met, the prime minister faces ouster and criminal prosecution (including a mandatory prison sentence of not less then one year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Current judiciary is uniformly dismissed and replaced by term-limited bi-partisan appointees, following a strict code of ethics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Businesses are not people<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Popular vote decides elections<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Full transparency in all government spending<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        [1]<\/sup> First we take Moscow, then we take D. C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        On August 6th, 2024, Ukraine made a well-planned incursion into Kursk. The Kursk Oblast (or state) is an 11,582 sq. mile area that borders eastern Ukraine. It has a population of just over a million, and has been populated since the last ice age. Eduard Mykhailovych Moskaliov (Ukrainian: \u0415\u0434\u0443\u0430\u0440\u0434 \u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0439\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043e\u0432; born 22 December 1973) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,25,42,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-sticking-it-to-the-man","category-the-land-the-people-the-culture","category-ukraine"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34434,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions\/34434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}