18 Aug: BLITZ CONTINUES: Sudza City Taken. Glushkovo City Next. | War in Ukraine Explained

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Today there are a lot of updates from the Kursk direction.

Here, the Ukrainians managed to consolidate control of Sudzha and use it as a logistical hub for further assaults in the southern Kursk region. To make things even worse for the Russians, Ukrainians took advantage of weak Russian border defenses to open new vectors of attack along the international borders to expand the area of operations.

The minimal damage to buildings in Sudzha indicates that there was little fighting before Russian forces withdrew. The capture of Sudzha, with its intact infrastructure, provides a strategic advantage for the Ukrainians, enabling them to establish a stable logistical hub to support further operations across the Kursk region. This intact infrastructure allows the Ukrainian forces to set up ammunition depots, field hospitals, troop rotation points, and forward operating bases within the town. As a result, the Ukrainian command can accelerate their advance and consolidate control over newly gained territories.

The urban layout of Sudzha offers Ukrainian forces significant advantages for concealing armored and motorized vehicles, allowing them to accumulate resources for future offensives and repair damaged equipment. The buildings, along with their basements, provide concealed sleeping quarters and hideouts where Ukrainian soldiers can recover and reorganize for upcoming assaults. As an operational hub, Sudzha enables the Ukrainian command to rapidly deploy troops to the frontlines, being just ten to twenty kilometers from all points of the front. In contrast, Ukrainian forces previously relied on Yunakivka in the Sumy Oblast as a staging ground, which is located thirty to forty kilometers from the front.

The establishment of a new logistics hub in Sudzha for the second phase of operations required the Ukrainian offensive group in Kursk to briefly slow down to consolidate their forces. Anticipating this, the Ukrainian command took proactive measures to prevent the Russians from gaining the initiative. They employed remote mining techniques to strategically place anti-infantry and anti-tank mines along potential Russian assault routes. This approach effectively thwarted Russian counterattacks, as the lack of sufficient armored vehicles in the area made such assaults too costly for the Russians to risk.

Aware that the minefields around Sudzha would slow their progress, the Ukrainians prepared additional combat-ready units to sustain their assault. They opened a new axis of attack from the village of Plekhovo toward the Russian-held town of Giri on the southern flank. The primary objective was to advance along the road south of the Psel River, targeting Giri, which lies to the south of Belitsa. Once this objective was secured, Ukrainian forces positioned in the north at Sudzha could launch a coordinated assault on Belitsa from two directions.

The terrain configuration in the area worked to the Ukrainians’ advantage, as the Psel River effectively secured the northern flank of their main advance toward Giri. The Russians were unable to threaten the Ukrainian flanks in this sector due to the presence of only two bridges crossing the river. These bridges were closely monitored by Ukrainian drones and protected by sabotage and reconnaissance units, ready to eliminate any Russian forces attempting to cross at these narrow chokepoints.

The Ukrainian assault forces advancing toward Giri moved swiftly along the highway from Plekhovo, seizing control of the nearby settlements of Borki, Spalnoye, Krupets, and Kamyshnoye with little to no Russian resistance. However, the Russians had concentrated their forces just south of Belitsa, in Giri, where they staged a well-prepared ambush. This surprise attack inflicted losses on the Ukrainian formation, forcing them to retreat to Kamyshnoye.

The strong Russian resistance in Giri is due to the concentration of their limited forces in this area. To compensate for their scarcity, Russian troops were covertly deployed on the outskirts of towns with regional significance, such as Giri, which is only administratively separate from Belitsa. However, the massing of Russian forces here means they are stretched thin and absent in other critical areas.

Given the concentrated Russian resistance near Giri, the Ukrainians decided to put their plans to capture Belitsa on hold and redirect their assaults toward Glushkovo…

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  2. Continuing small scale intrusions into Russian territory will force Russia to commit resources to defending their borders, thus weakening their aggressive capabilities.

  7. Ukraine has gone relatively deep into Russia, which is one of the most heavily nuclear armed countries in the world. Is there any chance they might accidentally stumble upon some nuclear weapons? They have to be somewhere.

  8. You have caught Putsy out his authority is even less now. He is a clown, always has been. He wanted to make Russia superior instead he has destroyed it😂

  9. Does Poutine now start bombing his own Russian cities to thwart Ukranian gains? Do Ukrainian forces now have intact operation centers to gain intel and hack into Russian networks?

  14. The fundamental difference between UKR and RF assault strategy is that UKR respect the need to capture useful infrastructure while the RF obliterate settlements razing every to ground level……makes military sense to be able to have springboards in place to further extend the incursion. Strike Swift, Sure and Safe UKR

  18. "The Ukrainian invaders have abandoned Niu York. Russian forces are beginning clearing operations in the northern part of the city."

  19. I love this channel. That said, why is Zaluzhnyi still depicted in the thumbnails? He's been gone for six months and is now chillin in London, living the life of an ambassador in one of the worlds most comfortable cities.

  26. I truly appreciate your YouTube channel !
    I have made several items from your online store. I have given them to many of US Veterans and friends who have been supporting Ukraine since the Criminal Invasion in February of 2022.
    It’s Great to see all of the advances the Ukrainian Military has made in Kursk, treating the Russian civilians with respect and much needed water and food. Many of the older Russian civilians are happy to see the Truth about Ukraine and being treated with dignity and offering to help them as much as possible.
    With the State Controlled Media in Russia, it seems that many Russian civilians are now realizing that they have been lied to about Ukrainians.
    As the old saying goes “ You Can Fool All of The People Sometimes, but You Can’t Fool All of The Peoples All of The Time “
    God Bless The People Of Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🙏

  30. By taking out key bridges across several rivers, it would appear that Ukraine is setting a Northern Limit to the depth of it's penetration into Russia. As well as a Southern Limit for Russian Reprisals.

    Probably wise as Ukraine does NOT have unlimited troops to fill space with and the deeper they go North, the larger the area under their control and the longer the extended front line is from Ukraine and supplies.

    If Ukraine goes 35 kilometers north but moves laterally along the East/West Axis of the roughly 200 plus kilometer border in this sector, that will be a crude area analysis of 35×200 or 7000 square kilometers of Russian territory under their control. That is pretty large.

  36. Which means you need to open front from multiple lines deep inside Russia teritory , pro separation non slavic movments acros Rusia federation are your alies (One for separate Kalingrad , Chechenya , Siberia ) you can supply them logisticaly and organize riots in Europea parts of Russia .

  38. ++
    Перемоги Україні!
    Слава Україні! 💙💛🇦🇺🇺🇦
    Героям Cлава! 💙💛🇦🇺🇺🇦
    Слава вільному Світу!
    Ніколи не здавайся!

  40. During World War II, then-U.S. Senator Harry Truman (President USA 1945 – 1953) said, "If we see that Germany is winning the war, we ought to help Russia; and if Russia is winning, we ought to help Germany"!!!
    Think about that! They call it Geo-Engineering. They talk about this all the time. Nobody want’s to listen.

  42. "To make thinks eve worse for the Russians" I love to hear that! I went back and replayed it, and replayed it, and replayed it …

  45. If you could find a way to include the pre 2014 Ukraine border in these videos, it would help with understanding how far Ukraine are advancing into Russian territory vs. Reclaiming Russian occupied Ukrainian territory (without googling each village name).

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