Over 330 Russian troops killed in failed attack in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine’s intelligence claims, shows footage | Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, “destroying more than eight Russian companies.”
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From the article: Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, “destroying more than eight Russian companies” during the battle, the agency said on Aug. 5
“Total Russian losses: at least 334 killed, more than 550 wounded,” HUR claimed, releasing a video of the engagement.
Russian forces entered Sumy Oblast earlier this year after recapturing most of neighboring Kursk Oblast in Russia, aiming to carve out a “buffer zone” along Ukraine’s northeastern border.
During the recent engagement, soldiers of the Tymur Special Unit moved behind Russian lines and cleared out the Russian positions, disrupting the supply of provisions and ammunition in the process, the intelligence agency said.
“According to intercepted communications, Russian soldiers refused to attack the positions of the Tymur Special Unit, citing fabricated reasons,” HUR claimed on its Telegram channel.
The intelligence agency did not specify the exact date or location of the skirmish.
A video published by the agency purports to show close-range combat between Ukrainian special soldiers and Russian forces, drone and artillery attacks against Russian positions, and killed Russian troops.
The Kyiv Independent could not verify all the claims.
Russia has intensified its operations in Sumy Oblast in June as part of its summer offensive, though Ukraine claimed it had managed to halt the Russian advance and even recapture some villages.
The Ukrainian military confirmed on July 27 that its forces had retaken the village of Kindrativka, only a few days after the liberation of the border settlement of Andriivka.
While Russia continues to hold about a dozen border villages in Sumy Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed last month that Ukrainian forces are “gradually pushing the Russian forces out.”
Heroic!
How big is a Russian company? ‘eight companies’ in Sweden is like 1600-2000 people if they are infantry companies. At least the one i was in was like 230-240.
When the bushes start Ukranianing
I once played a game that had the characters ponder the strategic nature of the events they were in, and one of them shared the wisdom that “good generals take actions that have the potential to achieve more than one objective.” With that in mind, reaching a position that allowed laying waste to Sumy would have been a win for the Russian, and preventing that from happening is indeed a win for Ukraine.
Yet one can’t ignore the fact that even if the attack failed/is failing, it still keeps important troops tied down in that area; the need to reinforce them may have arisen, and even if not, at least it prevents those troops from being used to reinforce fronts like Pokrovsk/Konstiantinivka or Siversk/Lyman. Conversily, if Russia were to allow the Sumy front to cool down now, and its (Ukrainian) troops to be taken to reinforce other fronts, that will only lead to the region being weaker should a new push be attempted later one.
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