Úkraínuher hóf innrás í Kursk hérað sl. mánudag! 5 dögum seinna, berjast Rússar og Úkraínumenn hart um héraðið - hægt hefur á framrás Úkraínuhers við vaxandi mótspyrnu Rússa!

Fyrstu fréttirnar bárust á þriðjudag - eiginlega kvartanir rússneskra yfirvalda, er sögðust hafa hrundið árás frá Úkraínu, á svæði nærri landamærum Úkraínu í Kursk héraði.

understandingwar.org: The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed on August 6 that Russian border troops and FSB personnel repelled several raids by Ukrainian forces equipped with roughly a battalion's worth of tanks and armored vehicles against Russian positions near Nikolayevo-Darino and Oleshnya, Kursk Oblast (northwest of Sumy City and along the Russia-Ukraine international border).
The Russian MoD claimed that Russian forces destroyed 16 Ukrainian armored vehicles during the supposed raids and that Russian forces conducted retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian positions in Sumy Oblast.

M.ö.o. skv. frásögn rússneska varnarmálaráðuneytisins, voru þetta smávægilegar skærur.
Málinu virtist lokið - skv. þeirri frásögn.

Institute For Study of War -- birti þetta kort sl. fimmtudag!

Ef marka má texta greiningar þeirrar þann dag - en kortið lýsir stöðunni eins og hún þá var talin vera sl. miðvikudag; þá byggði ISW á gerfihnatta-myndum, sem og fullyrðingum rússneskra stríðsbloggara!
M.ö.o. var þarna töluverð óvissa um akkúrat umfang framrásarinnar!

UnderstandingWar.org: The current confirmed extent and location of Ukrainian advances in Kursk Oblast indicate that Ukrainian forces have penetrated at least two Russian defensive lines and a stronghold.
A Russian insider source claimed that Ukrainian forces have seized 45 square kilometers of territory within Kursk Oblast since they launched the operation on August 6, and other Russian sources reported that Ukrainian forces have captured 11 total settlements, including Nikolaevo-Daryino (1.5 kilometers north of the Sumy Oblast border), Darino (three kilometers north of the Sumy Oblast border), and Sverdlikovo (east of the Nikolaevo-Darino-Darino area), and are operating within Lyubimovka (eight kilometers north of the Sumy Oblast border).[3] 
Russian sources indicated that Ukrainian forces are trying to advance along the 38K-030 Sudzha-Korenovo highway, and a prominent Kremlin-affiliated milblogger claimed that by 1800 local time on August 7 Ukrainian forces had advanced both northwest and southeast along the highway and are now fighting on the outskirts of Korenovo (in the northwest direction) and Sudzha (in the southeast direction).[4] 
The Russian insider source and several other Russian sources reported that Ukrainian forces fought for and seized the Sudzha checkpoint and the Sudzha gas distribution station (southwest of Sudzha along the 38K-004 highway, 500 meters from the Sumy-Kursk Oblast border).[5] 

ISW virtist m.ö.o. byggja myndina mjög verulega á þessum yfirlýsingum bloggaranna!
Þó að þeir hefðu einnig haft einhverjar gerfihnatta-myndir einnig til skoðunar.

Sl. föstudag birtir ISW aðra mynd, til að lýsa stöðunni sl. fimmtudag!

Enn þarna er greinileg óvissa um umfang framrásar hersveita Úkraínu - myndin líklega að sýna yfir meiri framrás en sennilegt er. Nema, menn taki fullyrðingar stríðsbloggara algerlega til greina.

UnderstandingWar.Org: Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces advanced as far as Kromskiye Byki and Molyutino (up to 35 kilometers from the international border and 17 kilometers southeast of Lgov) but noted that these are small groups not immediately trying to hold territory.[1]
Geolocated footage published on August 8 indicates that Ukrainian forces likely advanced towards Russkoye Porechnoye (north of Sudzha), and Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces also advanced further north of Sudzha along the 38K-024 highway near Anastasyevka.[3] Geolocated footage published on August 7 and 8 shows Ukrainian forces operating within Goncharovka (just west of Sudzha) and north of Zaoleshenka (northwest of Sudzha), and a Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces seized Goncharovka.[4] A geolocated photo shows Ukrainian forces operating within Novoivanovka (10km north of the international border and northwest of Sudzha), and Russian milbloggers also claimed that Ukrainian forces seized Novoivanovka and Bogdanovka (northwest of Sudzha).[5] Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces also advanced northwest of Sudzha into Malaya Loknya and to the outskirts of Cherkasskoye Porechnoye; northeast of Sudzha near Kruglenkoye, Martynovka, and Bolshoye Soldatskoye; and east of Sudzha near Mirny, although two Russian milbloggers denied claims that Ukrainian forces are operating near and within Bolshoye Soldatskoye.[6] Russian milbloggers also claimed that Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian attack near Korenevo (north of Sumy City and roughly 23 kilometers north of the international border) and that Ukrainian forces attacked within Snagost (south of Korenevo) and near Olgovka (east of Korenevo).[7]

Enn voru fullyrðingar rússn. stríðsbloggara greinilega notaðar - þó stuðst við gerfihnattamyndir í tilraun til að, staðfesta a.m.k. eitthvað af því.
A.m.k. greinilegt að úkraínskur her virkilega er staðsettur - 10km. eða meir handan landamæranna.

Laugardag, er birt enn ein myndin er sínir stöðu sl. föstudags!

Skv. fullyrðingu stríðsbloggara - gerði rússn. her gagnárás.
Það getur vel verið að, Úkraínskur her hafi hörfað - eins og myndin virðist sýna.

UnderstandingWar.org: Geolocated footage published on August 9 indicates that Ukrainian forces were recently operating west of Sudzha, within the settlement, north of Sudzha near Kazachya Loknya, and northeast of Leonidovo (northwest of Sudzha and roughly 10 kilometers from the international border) and in Dmitriukov.[5]
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces are also operating northeast of Sudzha near Martynovka; north of Sudzha near Vtoroy Knyazhiy, Ivnitsa, Zaoleshenka, Russkoye Porechnoye (16 kilometers from the international border); and west of Sudzha near Goncharovka.[8] A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces control the area near Korenevo (north of Sumy City and roughly 23 kilometers north of the international border) and denied reports of fighting on the settlement's outskirts.[9] The Russian milblogger claimed on August 8 that Ukrainian forces control Novoivanovka (southeast of Korenevo) and Lyubimovka (southeast of Korenevo).[10] Another Russian source claimed on August 9, however, that Russian forces regained lost positions in Novoivanovka and Leonidovo.[11] A Russian source claimed that there is no confirmation of Ukrainian forces operating in Kromskiy Byki (30 kilometers from the international border and 13 kilometers south of Lgov), and the vast majority of Russian reporting about Kursk Oblast on August 9 is not consistent with previous claims that mobile Ukrainian groups were operating beyond 20 kilometers into Kursk Oblast.[12]

Skv. því voru frásagnir sumra a.m.k. stríðsbloggara, íkjukenndar.
Úkraínuher a.m.k. staðfestur í Sudza og nágrenni þess staðar.
Óvíst hvert umfangið er þar fyrir utan.

Í dag Sunnudag, birt mynd er sýnir áætlaða stöðu laugardags!

Þessi mynd sýnir stækkað umfang framrásar Úkraínuhers.
ISW segist hafa gögn - gerfihnattamyndir - er staðfesta umfangið.
A.m.k. að einhverju leiti.

1. The Russian National Antiterrorism Committee announced a counterterrorism operation in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk oblasts on August 9 in response to the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast.
   
   Rússn. stjv. ákveða að nefna þetta - aðgerðir gegn hryðjuverka-vá.
   Væntanlega kalla þeir ekki eigin innrás í Úkraínu - hryðjuverka-árás.
   
   
   
2. The Federal Security Service (FSB) Head and National Antiterrorism Committee Chairperson Alexander Bortnikov announced counterterrorism operations in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk oblasts in response to "sabotage and reconnaissance units" conducting "terrorist acts" in Russia and "units of the Ukrainian armed forces" conducting a "terrorist attack" in Kursk Oblast.
   
   Áhugavert að stjórnun aðgerða er undir stjórn, yfirmanns FSB.
   
   
   
3. The declaration of the counterterrorism operation under Bortnikov suggests that Putin was dissatisfied with the Russian military command's handling or ability to handle the situation in Kursk Oblast.
   
   Þetta gæti verið einfaldlega rétt mat.
   
   
   
4. It is unclear how the FSB and Bortnikov will establish a clear joint C2 organization among these disparate elements, and there will likely be friction and bureaucratic obstacles between the FSB and other structures that will reduce Russian forces' overall combat effectiveness.
   
   ISW veltir þarna upp þeim möguleika - að, varnarmálaráðuneytið - gæti þvælst fyrir stjórnun aðgerða, þ.s. sveitir undir stjórn varnarmálaráðuneytisins; þ.e. her Rússa -- séu auðvitað best hentugar til að fást við innrás.
   Meðan að sérsveitir innanríkisráðuneytisins, séu líklega ekki vopnaðar eins og her.
   --Vangaveltur um valdabaráttu m.ö.o

A prominent Ukrainian Telegram channel stated on August 9 that Russian forces redeployed elements of the following units from frontline areas to defend in Kursk Oblast:
two airborne (VDV) battalions and elements of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet [BSF]) from the Kherson direction;
elements of the 38th and 64th motorized rifle brigades (35th Combined Arms Army [CAA],
Eastern Military District [EMD]) from the Zaporizhia direction;
several unspecified infantry battalions from the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk Oblast;
"bearded" (borodatie) fighters from Luhansk Oblast (likely referring to Chechen Akhmat units);
elements of the 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment (6th CAA,
Leningrad Military District [LMD]),
79th Motorized Rifle Regiment (18th Motorized Rifle Division,
11th Army Corps [AC], LMD),
272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (47th Tank Division, 1st Guards Tank Army [GTA],
Moscow Military District [MMD]),
and 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade (6th CAA, LMD) from northern Kharkiv Oblast;
an infantry battalion of the 488th Motorized Rifle Regiment (144th Motorized Rifle Division,
20th CAA, MMD) from the Kupyansk direction;
a company of an unspecified motorized rifle brigade operating in Grayvoron Raion, Belgorod Oblast;
and a motorized rifle regiment that was operating near Sotnytskyi Kozachok, Kharkiv Oblast.

Þetta virðist grautur af sveitum - Rússar virðast ætla að forðast að taka hersveitir út úr meginsókn Rússa í A-Úkraínu, á hinn bóginn.
Rússar virðast velja að fækka í sínu liði, á svæðum utan þess svæðis þ.s. megin sóknarþunginn er.
Óþekkt er hver fjölmennur þessi her er!
Ekki síst vegna þess, algengt er að rússn. sveitir séu ekki -- fullskipaðar.

Margar þeirra eru líklega á leiðinni, óþekkt hve fljótt þær mæta.

A Kremlin-affiliated Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces are operating in a forest area north of Lyubimovka (south of Korenevo).[34]
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces are also maintaining positions northwest of Sudzha near Kazachya Loknya and Yuzhny and west of Sudzha near Zaoleshenka and Goncharovka.[35]
Geolocated footage published on August 9 indicates that Ukrainian forces maintain positions north of Sverdilkovo (northwest of Sudzha) and within Rubanshchina (just west of Sudzha).[37] 
Additional geolocated footage published on August 10 indicates that Ukrainian forces maintain positions within northern Sudzha, and most Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces are operating on the western outskirts of Sudzha.[38] 
Geolocated footage published on August 10 indicates that Ukrainian forces maintain positions south of Sudzha near Melovoi and Guyevo.[39] 
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces are continuing operations south of Sudzha along the Gornal-Guyevo-Plekhovo line, and one Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces seized Plekhovo.[40]

Enn sem komið er - er umfang innrásar Úkraínumanna ekki þekkt!

1. M.ö.o. fjöldinn í aðgerðinni, er ekki þekktur.
2. Né eru markmið aðgerðarinnar, Þekkt.

Auðvitað hafa menn velt því upp, en vangaveltur er ekki endilega sama og vitneskja.

 

Niðurstaða
Innrás í Rússland er óvenjuleg aðgerð. Miðað við hvernig stríðið hefur gengið fram til þessa.
Hinn bóginn, velti ég því fyrir mér á sl. ári - af hverju ekki innrás í Rússland?
En þá voru pælingar um, yfirvofandi árás Úkraínuhers.
Er síðar meir reyndist ná litlu fram - vegna stórfelldra varnarvirkja Rússa.
Er reyndust afar þorfær yfirferðar - greinilega.

Þegar ég velti innrás fyrir mér, datt mér einmitt í hug.
Að auðveldar gæti verið, að fara inn í Rússland.
Í stað þess, að ráðast beint að meginher Rússa, innan Úkraínu.

Ég hugsa að ég hafi haft rétt fyrir mér þar um.
En árás Úkraínuhers nú, er greinilega miklu smærri.
En, aðgerð Úkraínuhers á sl. ári var.
--En þó virðist hafa náð meiri árangri.

Stór árás inn fyrir landamæri Rússlands.
Gæti hafa gert Rússum raunverulegar skáreifur.
Hinn bóginn, virðist ósennilegt að Úkraínumenn - haldist lengi í Kursk héraði.
Þ.s. herinn sem þeir eru með þarna, er ólíklega verulega stór.

Á hinn bóginn, eru Úkraínumenn þarna enn í einhverri framrás.
Og hvað annað sem gerist, tekur það Rússa a.m.k. nokkurn tíma.
Að safna nægilegu liði.

En vegalengdirnar innan Rússlands, auðvitað - einar sér, skapa tafir.
Úkraínumenn gætu síðan grafið sig niður, og tafið það í mánuði að vera hraktir alfarið í burtu.

 

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