On Oct. 10, several Russian and Ukrainian Telegram Channels claimed that Russian forces had launched a new offensive against the left flank of Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
A Ukrainian official stated that “the Russian plan in Kursk Oblast was thwarted thus far” due to Russian forces suffering losses.
Early August, Ukraine launched its cross border incursion into Kursk Oblast. It claimed to have initially seized some 1,300 square kilometers. However, recent Russian reinforcements have increased the pressure.
“No details yet, but the Russian military suffered significant losses in equipment,” said Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
DeepState, an Ukrainian crowdsourced monitoring site, reported late on 10th October that Russia had managed to push through the left side of Ukraine’s salient, in Kursk Oblast.
DeepState reported on Telegram that “the enemy is now trying establish a foothold in the settlements of Novoivanovka” and Zeleny Shliakh. The two settlements are located around 15 kilometers from the Ukrainian-held Russian city of Sudzha, and 10 kilometers north of Ukrainian border.
Also, Russian channels that support war broadcast parallel messages. The well-known Rybar Channel reported that Russian forces had launched several attacks on the Korenevsky district and Sudzhansky district, where Ukraine had established a foothold.
Rybar claimed that on October 10. “The advanced groups Russian troops reached Zeleny Shliakh at the end of the morning, which allows us claim at least a partially breakthrough in the Ukrainian Armed Forces defenses.”
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed late on October 10 that its forces “penetrated” the Ukrainian-held territory of Kursk Oblast, and suffered losses in manpower and equipment.
On Oct. 11, DeepState reported the situation in the region remains difficult, but Ukrainian troops are succeeding to stabilize it. According to the channel’s report, it is not yet possible to recover all of the lost territory. However, Russian forces suffered significant casualties in the attack.
The Kyiv Independent could not verify every claim.
In mid-September, Russia launched a counterattack on Ukraine’s left side. However, this attempt was stopped by Kyiv troops.
Ukraine’s incursion aimed to stop Russian cross-border assaults and divert Russian troops away from the front line in eastern Ukraine. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s army, recently stated that Moscow had redeployed 50,000 troops from other parts to the front to Kursk Oblast.
In Steven Seagal’s latest documentary, “In the Name of Justice”, which was shared by the Russian state-run platform Smotrim, the actor is shown visiting various occupied areas of Ukraine, including Mariupol.
During a 35-minute meeting, the pope presented Ukraine’s president with a bronze relief with a flower, and an inscription that read, “Peace, a fragile flower.”
On Oct. 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan and spoke at a forum with Central Asian leaders, including the president of Iran.
The alleged attempts to pressurize the media outlet “are nothing less than anti-democratic, given the essential role that the newsroom plays in upholding the core national value of freedom the press,” Gulnoza Saied, the Committee to Protect Journalists‘ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator said.
Vasyl Chynchyk, the head of administration in the town, said that approximately 1,150 people still live there.
Regional authorities reported early on October 11 that Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed six people and injured 27 others over the past 24 hours.
Maksym Kozoytskyi, the Lviv Oblast Governor, confirmed that the passenger bus, which carried the logo of popular transport company FlixBus was travelling from Warsaw to Odesa.
The General Staff has not provided any further details on how the helicopter was destroyed.
In a documentary broadcast on national television, Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Sryskyi stated that “we know about approximately 50,000 soldiers who were transferred from other sectors to the Kursk directions.”
Oleh Kiper, the Governor of Odesa, reported that Russia launched a missile attack on the district of Odesa, killing at least 4 people, including a girl aged 16 years old.
This includes 1,140 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
The Norwegian government will spend up to 967 millions kroner ($87.5 million) on enhancing its defense industry. This money is aimed at supporting Ukraine in the face of Russia’s full scale invasion.
During his visit to Italy, President Volodymyr Zelensky presented the Ukrainian victory plan to Italian Premier Giorgia Mello.
On Oct. 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Georgians to enter Russia without a visa if they are working or studying there. Moscow is continuing to warm up its relations with Tbilisi despite concerns about the country‘s democratic slide.
Bloomberg reported on October 10 that the premiums on war risk insurance for vessels traveling through Ukraine’s Black Sea shipping corridor have increased by approximately 33 per cent as a result of recent Russian attacks on foreign ships.
Local media reported that two large fires broke out at an oil terminal terminal in Russian-occupied Feodosia, late at night, on October 10. They were at the site of another blaze, which had been burning for 4 days, at a previous Ukrainian drone attack.
The strike on Oct. 9, which left eight dead and 11 injured, hit a civilian vessel flying the Panamanian flag and damaged its cargo. This was the third Russian attack on a civilian vessel within four days.
Petro Yatsenko is a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Coordination HQ for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. He said that the circumstances of Viktoria Rosahchyna’s death are yet to be confirmed.
Ramzan Kadyrov told other officials in the North Caucasian Republic that there were witnesses and people who they had tried to commission. They also asked them how much they wanted to charge for the order.
Kim Yong-Hyun, South Korean Defense minister, told lawmakers earlier in October that North Korea likely planned to send troops into Ukraine to fight with Russia.
The Belarusian Hajun group reported that a second Russian Mig-31K capable of carrying Kinzhal rockets landed at Machulishchy Airport in Belarus on October 10.
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