Possible second front opening up in Kursk. Slobodka-Ivanovka supposedly under AFU control. -Russian sources.

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1. Personally don’t believe it’ll be on the scale of the current Kursk front but won’t be surprised more of these small scale captures of villages along the border as AFU continues to take advantage of Russian panic in the Oblast.

2. Pincer move on Rylsk? Or maybe these border villages are just easy pickins.

3. Called this a while ago along with a few other regular posters. The whole south west of Kursk Oblast is about to be in a tightening noose in the next week… This is a simultaneous attack happening likely from the east. If Ukraine pulls this off then this is just as devastating as the Kharkiv rout with many of the spoils of war that came with that. LFG Ukraine!

4. That could be the western salient towards Rylsk.

   I had expected it to come from the northwest, but maybe this area is less defended. They for sure have better intelligence than me.

   If they get Korenovo quickly Rylsk can be cut off from supplies from the east.

   The connection towards the north will be open but bad to use – a long detour and dozens of kilometers of having to move within artillery range. Probably easier to reach for Ukrainian than for Russian troops at times.

   So in order to prevent encirclement it’s recommended to leave the town.

   That would mean the surrender of a settlement about the same size as Vovchansk due to mobility warfare.

   Including the area south of the town, shortening the border and enabling a very easy to defend fall back position with highlands at a seriously sized river.

   Curious how it’ll proceed.

5. Keep hearing of this, but nothing about moves beyond.

6. I think the fog of war is thick and it won’t be very clear what really happened until Wednesday or so.

7. 66 km North-West of Sudzha, the initial incursion point and center of ‘liberated’ territory.

   There were rumors of incursion happening in this area 2 days ago, but fog of war meant Ukraine’s goal uncertain.

   Also 2+ days ago, the large convoy of Russian conscript which got wiped out was physically between this second incursion and the first incursion.

   If Putin chooses to let Ukraine continue taking land here, they will stay.

8. I feel like Ukraine is setting up a sucker punch and nobody is going to see it coming.

9. Some of the fortifications on Russian side plain don’t exist afaik. The money to build them was stolen or they are not well done.
   So thIngs are easy picks for Ukraine to shorten the front. I mean at the moment it really runs well. Best of luck to those Ukrainian units. Attacking is always high risk.

10. Wait for pootin to commit units to defend Kursk and then push into Donbas

11. Keep pushing, Ukraine!

    😃🇺🇦